Travel & technology
Electric power
- Plug shape
- Voltage
- 220V, 60Hz
Phone dialing
- Code to call South Korea
- +82
What every visitor should know about South Korea:
- Money
- The currency is the South Korean won (KRW). 1000 KRW is worth about US$0.89, or €0.62.
- Crime
- CrimeSafe Travel Score™: 4.5 out of 5 (Very safe)
Areas of concern:
- Mugging
- Pick-pocketing / bag-snatching
- Capital
- Seoul
- Tap water
- Excellent. Water from the tap is safe to drink.
South Korea facts and figures:
People
- Population
- 48,508,972
- Language
- Korean, English widely taught in junior high and high school
- Ethnicity
- Homogeneous (except for about 20,000 Chinese)
Economy
- GDP
- US$26,000 (per capita)
- Income equality
- High