South Korea: Help and advice abroad

Public employment services

South Korea has certain policies in place, usually set up by the Ministry of Labour, to help the unemployed get back into work. Unemployment benefits have been integrated with vocational training and employment security institutions to aid with this.

Higher education careers support

Some universities have dedicated careers services, for example Seoul National University has a career development centre, which offers career counselling, mentoring programmes, employment planning and workshops. Other smaller universities may not have a dedicated service and careers advice may be given on an ad-hoc basis by academic staff.

Alumni societies are also well established and provide an informal system of networking and guidance.

Help in an emergency

Register with the British Embassy South Korea on arrival to make sure that you can be reached in the event of an emergency. The embassy is also able to help British nationals in the country in cases of emergencies and crimes.

Emergency contact numbers in South Korea are:

• 112 - police (has an English interpretation service operating 24 hours a day throughout the year);
• 119 - ambulance and fire.

The British Embassy South Korea  website also has details of police stations that have English speaking officers.