Korea flags 156 medical-device ads: what buyers should check
The 156 figure counts flagged online posts, not all overseas purchases. Check device authorization against Korea's official database.
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Nongup e-ji farm weather alerts: who can receive the morning push
What Korea's new app delivery changes, which registered farms and crops are covered, and how to identify the official app.
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South Korea's proposed 49 dB floor-impact standard: consultation, not immediate enforcement
What the 6–26 November 2026 administrative notice says about eligible buildings and proposed heavy and light impact-noise thresholds.
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Food Safety Korea's AI civil-service search: find a procedure, then verify it
A new AI search can suggest food-business applications in ordinary language. Check the official service details before submitting anything.
Food Safety KoreaAI civil-service searchfood business
Goyang Changneung's 25% shared-equity homes: what buyers would still owe
A guide to the proposed first 25% stake, later purchases, rent on the unowned share and the planned December sale at S-2BL.
Goyang ChangneungShared equityPublic housing
2027 Korean civil-service exams: PSAT registration is not your job application
Separate dates for the advanced and basic PSAT, Grade 5, 7 and 9 recruitment, and substitute-test score deadlines.
Korean civil service2027 PSATrecruitment dates
Korea's November 12 small-housing rule change: floor area, storeys and permits
The November 3 MOLIT announcement raises the classification area limit for two housing types, but only one gains an extra residential storey; site permits remain separate.
HousingBuilding rulesMOLIT
Korea's new rent security trust: landlord applications now, move-ins planned for 2027
How the November 2026 HUG scheme handles a tenant's deposit-equivalent payment, what homes qualify, and why an application is not an immediate move-in.
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Korea sanctions 777 habitual wage-arrears employers: how workers pursue unpaid pay
The November 2026 credit sanctions affect employers; a separate complaint or wage-payment procedure is needed to recover an individual worker's arrears.
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Korea's AI service task force hiring: 19 posts, with applications opening November 10
The MSIT grade A, B and C notices distinguish the announcement period from the November 10–12 application window and specify postal or in-person filing.
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Debt rehabilitation or bankruptcy in Korea: where the new referral agreement fits
What Korea's November 3, 2026 debt-support agreement assigns to the Credit Counseling and Recovery Service and Korea Legal Aid Corporation, and what remains pending.
Debt adviceIndividual rehabilitationBankruptcy
Mobile civil-complaint desks in Geoje, Hadong and Jinan, November 4–6
Exact main and satellite consultation venues, floors, hours and neighbouring districts for Korea's November 2026 mobile ombudsman visits.
Civil complaintsGeojeHadong
Korea's free 16-hour caregiver training pilot: where to apply
The two associations' different 2026 training dates, the 8+8-hour curriculum and what a completion certificate does—and does not—mean.
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Korea's disability parking placard expansion: who may qualify?
The conditions for foster carers and adult day-care vehicles under the November 2026 decree proposal, and why a cabinet vote is not a placard.
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Korean stock capital-gains tax refund: check a missed deduction
Who is covered by Korea's November 2026 correction for omitted stock capital-gains deductions, and how to check and receive a refund through Hometax.
Stock capital gainsTax refundHometax
Korea's overseas-shopping crackdown: what a buyer can report
The Korea Customs Service's November 2–December 27 operation, what it targets, and how to report suspected illegal imports without treating suspicion as a verdict.
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Korean driver's-license services abroad: the new consular applications and their limits
What changed on November 2, 2026 for Class 1 ordinary-license renewals and international driving permit applications at Korean diplomatic missions.
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Korea Polytechnics 2027 Free Vocational Training: Which Course Fits Your Eligibility?
Compare the age, education and job-seeking conditions of Korea Polytechnics' professional technical, high-tech and mid-career training courses for 2027.
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Missed Korea’s May Earned or Child Tax Credit Application? Check the 1 December Deadline
A guide to the late application for Korea's 2025-income earned and child tax credits: the 1 December 2026 deadline, eligibility checks, direct filing and the 95% rule.
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Can't Visit a Geunyang Dream Corner? Check the Postal Delivery Pilot First
Korea's new postal handover of Geunyang Dream essentials is a phased pilot in ten districts and counties. Here is where residents can ask for help.
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2026 Culture Nuri Card: November 30 application deadline and December 31 spending deadline
Official Culture Nuri Card guidance on eligibility, automatic recharge and the distinct 2026 issuance and spending deadlines.
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Seoul Immigration Office moved to Munjeong: check your appointment address
The official relocation notice says Seoul Immigration Office began work at 55 Jeongui-ro on October 19, 2026; the October 30 event was its opening ceremony.
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Korea's public-finance education idea contest: plan an audience, message and format
A source-checked guide to the October 30–November 27, 2026 Korean public-finance education contest, including team limits and the official poster's entry and prize details.
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Korea's Basic Pension Online Application: Spouse Consent by Phone, Documents Later
From October 30, 2026, Korea's Bokjiro basic-pension application offers a mobile route for a spouse's financial-information consent and later submission of additional evidence.
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Korea's KRW 1,000 Departure Refund: Ticketing Date, Departure Date and Age
Check the Korean foreign ministry's International Disease Eradication Fund refund against the live service's date and age guidance. The KRW 1,000 is not the entire departure levy.
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Korea's 2026 Grade-7 Civil Service Exam: Stage-Two Results and Interview Decisions
How to check the 2026 national Grade-7 open-competition stage-two result, distinguish interview withdrawal from attendance, and read the different score-release dates.
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Checking a multilevel seller: registration, closure, and coverage
The Fair Trade Commission’s third-quarter 2026 update distinguishes two newly registered sellers, two closures, and a se
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Korean household records: general versus detailed family labels
From October 29, 2026, the general Korean resident-registration record uses broader household labels to reduce disclosur
등본 일반·상세Life Mokcha
Expanded stop-work rights: distinguish enactment from April 2027
The revised Occupational Safety and Health Act was promulgated on October 27, 2026, but the expanded stop-work provision
작업중지권 확대Life Mokcha
Tuition spending-plan requests remain a proposed rule
The Education Ministry’s October 27 announcement is a proposed amendment, open for comments through December 7. It would
등록금심의위 개정안Life Mokcha
Military financial counseling: who applies and the November 13 deadline
The November 13 deadline applies to military units requesting an on-site financial counseling visit, not to individual s
군부대 재무상담Life Mokcha
Korean Local Tax Refunds in Private Apps: A December 2026 Plan
Korea plans to enable local-tax refund checks and payment requests in private apps in December 2026. For now, check Wetax or your local government.
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Korea's Prepaid Funeral-Service Funds Guideline: What Changed in 2026
Korea's FTC revised guidance for how prepaid installment businesses manage customer prepayments from October 23, 2026. It does not automatically refund every customer in full.
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Korea's public crematorium fee waiver: when can families print the proof?
An October 2026 Korean veterans ministry release explains the public crematorium fee-waiver certificate, who can use the initial online service, and why weekend printing still depends on cemetery checks.
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Korea's registered-rental maintenance-fee reporting: a future duty, not a live search result
The October 20, 2026 cabinet-approved decree would add maintenance and utility/service charge information to registered private rental reporting. Keep the planned promulgation and later effective date separate.
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Korea's National Pension Silver Loan in 2026: separate the budget increase from your eligibility
A decision guide to Korea's October 20 Silver Loan budget increase, eligible pensioners and expenses, quarterly rate, evidence and application routes.
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Korea’s Modu Card: check your registered card number by October 26
When to update a mismatched Modu Card number, what happens during the October 27 system maintenance, and what it does not mean for transit use.
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Korea's 2026 MAFRA youth advisory recruitment: eligibility and application route
Birth-date eligibility, the November 9 18:00 deadline, Youth DB application steps and receipt-status checks for Korea's fourth MAFRA youth advisory group.
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Welfare screening for households with multiple disabled members: what 13,000 means
A guide to the disability-household priority group in Korea's fifth 2026 welfare-risk screening round and questions to prepare for local consultation.
Disability householdsWelfare screeningLocal consultation
A welfare referral for illegal-lending victims is planned—what the October screening actually covers
A plain-English guide to the fifth welfare-risk screening round, its investigation window, and a separate planned referral from illegal-lending counseling.
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Korea's burial-facility fee support for veterans' families: a cost cap, not a flat payment
The October 18 ministry announcement identifies 1,740 previously unsupported cases. Separate discovery, family application, eligibility checks and documented fees.
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South Korea's 11th petroleum price ceiling: a four-week freeze, not a pump-price promise
What Korea's October 16, 2026 petroleum ceiling announcement sets for gasoline, diesel and kerosene from October 17—and why the figures are not universal retail pump prices.
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Korea's Q4 public housing figures: construction starts are not application notices
A guide to distinguishing Seoul-area housing starts, quarterly public sale and rental announcement plans, and live LH application notices in October 2026.
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Korea's 2027 social-service self-selection: who can apply in November 2026?
The Military Manpower Administration's first and second application rounds for 2027 social-service call-up: eligibility, 2026 dates, results and preference rules.
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Family-provided activity support in Korea: limited exception extended through 2028
A Korean decree amendment extends a limited family-provided activity-support exception for qualifying recipients with profound developmental disabilities or rare diseases to December 31, 2028.
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Staying in Korea's Senior Welfare Housing: Four Checks on a Proposed Rule
A family worksheet for Korea's proposed senior welfare housing residence rules: the existing age-60 route, proposed age-65 addition, qualifying support and legislative-notice status.
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Korea's Conditional Bad-Debt Recognition: A Record Sheet for Checking a Specific Claim
Separate the October 12 rule change, financial institutions' Q4 applications and the claim-specific limitations date before asking about Korea's conditional bad-debt recognition.
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Korea's Youth Housing Dream savings account: a proposed KRW 70m income cap, not a verified effective rule
The October 2026 ministry plan would raise the account's income ceiling from KRW 50m to KRW 70m; check the amended notice, bank implementation and separate tax-benefit tests.
Youth Housing Dream accountincome ceilingKorean housing savings
Korea's child-support benefit for young parents: 2026 eligibility versus the 2027 plan
Check the current 65% median-income threshold, KRW 250,000 monthly amount per child and in-person application route; the announced 66% threshold is a 2027 plan.
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Rejected for Korean rental-fraud victim status? Objection versus reapplication
How to read Korea's September 2026 victim-status decisions: the 623 approvals, 44 accepted objections, and a separate reapplication route after changed circumstances.
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Korea's 2026 University Scholarship for Construction Workers and Their Children
The October 23 deadline, retirement-contribution day thresholds for workers versus children, academic minimums and selection criteria for the Korean construction-worker scholarship.
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Korea's 2026 temporary two-home rule: separate the sale and tax-assessment clocks
What the enacted 2026 decrees actually say about the two-year capital-gains rule, the comprehensive real estate tax assessment date, and pre-August 3 acquisition or contract-and-deposit exceptions.
Korea housing taxtemporary two homescapital gains tax
Korea's Local Veteran Allowance Guideline: Is KRW 230,000 in Effect Now?
Separate the 2026 central veterans allowance from local payments and the ministry's nonbinding 2029 guidance, then check your municipality's current rule.
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Korea’s 2027 Grade 9 low-income track: two different changes
Distinguish the announced 2027 Grade 9 low-income-track changes from the requirements in effect in 2026.
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Korea’s second growth fund: dated balances versus current availability
Separate the second national growth fund’s dated October 7 figures from current seller availability and review risks before applying.
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Korea's 2026 IFI Career Fair: Three Registration Routes, Two Deadlines
Separate the October 28 interview-application deadline from the November 10 general-attendance and in-depth-session deadlines using the Korean government release and the fair operator's current guide.
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Korea's rental-fraud deposit minimum: when to apply and what is deducted
The planned November 13, 2026 minimum-recovery and advance-payment rules for recognized rental-fraud victims: eligibility paths, application timing, and deductions explained from the ministry PDF.
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Korean housing-subscription fraud: why 665 referrals and 273 cancellations differ
Read the Korean housing ministry's October 2026 figures as investigation statuses, not a final cancellation rate; distinguish a proposed adult-child residency rule from today's requirements.
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Korea's child-support advance income test is scheduled to end October 29: what still has to be proved
As checked October 6, Korea's agency still displays a 150% median-income test, while the ministry has announced its removal from October 29. A practical guide to claims, payment history and documents.
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Korea's October 2026 VAT payment extension: check flood-area and Homeplus eligibility
The Korean National Tax Service extended certain October VAT payments to December 28 for identified flood-area and Homeplus-related businesses. Filing deadlines are a separate question.
Korean VATpayment extensionflood areas
Military-service pension credit in 2027: a discharge-date decision guide
South Korea's proposed military-service National Pension credit expansion: what the 2027 discharge cohort, current 12-month cap and overlapping pension periods mean before the law takes effect.
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Will Korean welfare benefits arrive without an application? Check the law's stage first
A decision guide to the six Korean welfare-bill amendments passed on October 1, 2026: what is still an application, what may become a deemed application, and what date is not yet established.
Welfare applicationsChild and parental benefitsBasic and disability pensions
Korea's 2026 Energy Voucher: Separate the October Pause from Winter Card Dates
A decision guide to Korea's October 1–2 application pause, winter billing deduction and physical-card start dates, and household eligibility checks.
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EPS-EDU free Korean lessons: how E-9 workers in Korea can sign up online
An official-source guide to country selection, free lessons, eligibility and visa checks after the October 2026 sign-up change.
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Korean freelancer tax-refund notices: fee-free filing versus a proposed withholding cut
Check who received Korea’s 2021–25 non-filer refund notice, how to file using official channels, and why a 2.2% withholding rate is not yet in effect.
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Korea’s 2026 construction-worker birth benefit: eligibility, cash and baby goods
A checklist for the 252-day and recent accrual tests, birth-date registration, and cash-versus-goods amounts.
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Police-related grievance intake in Korea: who can apply and where
A practical guide to Korea’s September 30–November 30 police grievance intake, e-People, postal applications and the limits of the process.
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Korea's construction-worker retirement mutual aid: the new four-to-seven-year tier
The September 30, 2026 expansion adds KRW 100,000 for eligible workers with four to under seven years of contributions; older seven-plus-year tiers remain intact.
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Free mid-career job-search training in Korea: self-paced or live?
Compare seven new self-paced courses with the Korea Employment Information Service's 2026 live video classes for mid-career jobseekers, including eligibility and application checks.
mid-career job searchcareer trainingfree online courses
Seoul Safety Bell: Choose App-Linked Reporting or an Alarm-Only Device
A 2026 decision guide to Seoul's Donghaeng Safety Bell pre-application, app requirements, free eligibility, the KRW 7,000 contribution and selection timing.
Donghaeng Safety BellSeoul Ansimi AppSeoul Safety
After a Car Accident in South Korea: Claim Steps and Insurer Phone Directory
What to do at a Korean car-crash scene, how to document it and contact your motor insurer, and what to check before vehicle repair. Tap-to-call Korean and +82 numbers.
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Korea's Teachers' Pension vs National Pension: Contributions, Severance and Retirement Allowance
A 2026 guide to Korea's private-school Teachers' Pension, National Pension contributions, statutory severance and the separate retirement allowance.
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Korea's 2027 Solar Policy: New Auctions vs Existing REC Contracts
A side-by-side guide to Korea's planned 2027 renewable-power contract market: new solar projects, existing REC contracts and spot-market transition, and the still-unsettled small-project rules.
Korea solar policyRPS reformrenewable energy certificates
Converting an Old Korean Housing Subscription Account: What Carries Over?
A decision table for converting Korean cheongyak savings, installment or deposit accounts to the comprehensive account by September 30, 2027, with limits on prior credit and the planned interest-rule change.
Korea housing subscriptioncheongyak account conversionsubscription savings
Busan Small-business Energy Voucher: Annualised Sales over KRW 0 and up to KRW 300m
A corrected guide to Busan's 2026 small-business energy voucher: opening date, Busan business location, annualised sales, operating status, Dongbaekjeon application hours and the December 31 spending deadline.
Busan small businessenergy voucherDongbaekjeon
Korea's Youth Future Savings Round 2 Opens October 7: Eligibility and Switching Accounts
An English guide to Korea's second Youth Future Savings application window, income and household tests, November account opening, and the proper order for switching from the Youth Leap Account.
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Korea Adds Five Days of Spousal Pregnancy-Loss Leave: Three Changes Effective September 18
A practical English guide to Korea's new five-day spousal pregnancy-loss leave, longer maternity leave for preterm and multiple births, and broader prenatal childcare leave from September 18, 2026.
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