People use our guides to make real decisions: whether to sign a lease, when to visit the immigration office, how much severance to expect. This page explains how we get the facts right, and what we do when we get one wrong.
Where our facts come from
We start from the primary source, not from other websites or forums. In practice that means:
- Laws and decrees on the National Law Information Center (law.go.kr), such as the Labor Standards Act, the Immigration Act and its Enforcement Rules, and the Housing Lease Protection Act.
- Agency pages and notices from the body that runs the system: HiKorea and the Ministry of Justice for visas, the Ministry of Employment and Labor for wages and leave, the National Health Insurance Service, the National Pension Service, the National Tax Service and Gov.kr.
- Official tables for anything with a number in it: the minimum wage notice, insurance rates, the income tax withholding table and the legal brokerage fee table.
Korean is the official version of almost every rule. When an English page from an agency and the Korean law disagree, we follow the Korean text and say so.
How a page is checked
- Every figure, fee, deadline and phone number is matched against its source before the page goes live.
- If we can't confirm something from an official source, we leave it out rather than guess.
- Calculators follow the formula in the law or table they name, and their results are checked against worked examples from the agency where one exists.
- Each guide shows the date it was last checked. Figures that change every year (minimum wage, insurance rates, tax brackets) are reviewed every January, and rules with a known change date are rechecked when the change takes effect.
How the writing is done
We use AI tools to help with research and drafting. They never have the last word: every fact on a published page is checked against the source above, and pages are edited to answer the questions people actually ask when they move here.
We don't invent people, quotes or stories. When a guide uses an example, it's a worked example with the numbers shown, not a made-up person.
Independence
The site is paid for by the ads shown on it. Advertisers don't choose or review what we write, and we don't accept payment to mention or rank a product, school, agency or app. When we compare apps or services, we say what each one is good and bad at for a foreign resident.
Corrections
If you spot an error or a rule that has changed, please email us with the page address and, if you can, the official source. We check every report. When a correction changes the meaning of a page (a fee, a deadline, who qualifies), we fix it and update the "last checked" date.
What our guides are not
Our guides are general information, not legal, tax or immigration advice. Your own case can depend on details we can't see. For a final answer, the office named in each guide decides, for example the Immigration Contact Center (1345) or the labor ministry (1350).
Last updated: 2026-10-22