Useful Phone Numbers and Websites for Families in Korea

Updated 5 July 2014

In Case of Emergency

• 1339 and 119 and 911 are the emergency numbers. They should put you through to an English speaker right away.
• Poison Control is 129 for the Korean (English speakers) one and 7917-5545 or 7917-6001 (Yongsan) one.

Migrant Centers
Most big cities have these. They have a variety of services all geared towards helping foreigners. If you have legal issues, they should be able to point you in the right direction. They provide very cheap Korean lessons. I paid 20,000 for a semestre with lessons for 2 hours on Sunday. They also have good resources about that city. They helped me find a daycare as well. They can also help with enrolling in the KIIP programme.

• Nowon: 02-979-3502 or 02-930-1955
• Suwon: 031-224-6075 and 031-223-0075 

Phone Numbers and Websites

• 1330 is the 24-hour tourist hotline. If you're outside of Seoul, just add the city code before you dial. Although it's tourist info, they'll help you in an emergency.
• Abuse: 129
• Ambulance: 119
• Babysitter-korea.com: baby sitters and nannies. 
• Child Abuse: http://korea1391.org/new_index/ or call 1391
• Childcare Korea: has a list of all the daycares and openings.
• Craigslist: Lots of Filipina nannies available.
• Crime Report: 112
• Dasan Seoul Call Center: 02-120, then press 9. Then press 1 for English, 2 for Chinese, 3 for Japanese, 4 for Vietnamese, and 5 for Mongolian. They can interpret, give you specific info, tell you about transport, help with driving licenses, help you with complaints, etc.
• Danori: 02-1577-5432
• Domestic (and School) Violence Support Center: 117
• Family Care: (use Internet Explorer) There's a small annual fee to join and you have to speak Korean to use it.
• Fire Department: 119
• GenieMom: (use Internet Explorer) In Korean.
• Immigration: 1345
• iseoul.seoul.go.kr has all the Seoul daycares and openings
• Itaewon Global Village: 02-2199-8883, 4, 5 or 02-796-2460
• KIN (Korea International Nanny) Service: FB group to connect families with English speaking nannies, baby-sitters, maids, domestic helpers, etc.  
• Labour board: 1350 and 031-259-0203 
• Legal Aid: 02-350-132
• Medical Emergency: 1339 or 02-1339
• Migrant Support: 1644-5432
• Migrant Women Support: 1577-1366
• Missing Children: 182
• Naver Maps: Make sure you search in Korean.
• Nanny Job: All in Korean, but all the nannies who contacted me through it were Filipina. 
• Police: 112
• Poison Control is 129 for the Korean (English speakers) one and 7917-5545 or 7917-6001 (Yongsan) one.
• Proz.com is a good place to find translators
• Seoul Global Center: 02-2075-4138 and 02-2075-4130. They have lots of useful info about living in Korea. They can also exchange driver's license for Korean ones for Canadians. 
• Tourist info: 1330. They're really good at transport and restaurant info. They can also help with interpreting. If you're outside of Seoul, just add the city code before you dial. Although it's tourist info, they'll help you in an emergency.
• Translation (BBB): 1588-5644. Though I've never been able to speak to anyone. 
• Ulsan's eFLIK
• Y Care Help: nannies
• YWCA: They offer a variety of services. One is cleaning for 4 hours for 35,000 won. They also have nannies.
• 아기 동보미서비스: (use Internet Explorer) is a government babysitting service. The Seoul Global Center should help you with it. It cost 5,000 won during weekdays and 6,000 won on weekends, holidays, and overnight.
• Local Migrant Centers 
• Local Community Centers 

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