Tools
Free tools for daily life and business in Korea: text and voice, images, money and tax, work and pay calculators, and Korean business lookups.
42 tools
Text and voice
Character counter
Count characters and bytes with and without spaces, and spot common Korean spelling mistakes.
Text to speech
Type or paste text and hear it read aloud in Korean, English, Japanese, Chinese and more.
Audio to text
Turn an MP3, M4A or WAV recording into text and subtitles.
Live interpreter
Speak, and see your words translated into another language as you talk.
Korean footnote maker
Write footnotes in the Korean academic style for books, papers, theses, newspapers and web pages.
Images
Money and tax
Currency converter
Convert won and other currencies at the latest published reference rate.
3.3% withholding calculator
Work out the 3.3% tax withheld from freelance pay, starting from gross or take-home pay.
SME employee income tax cut checker
Check whether you qualify for the income tax cut for SME employees from your date of birth, start date and military service, and see the tax cut period and filing deadline.
VAT calculator
Work out 10% Korean VAT from the supply value or the total, and the VAT a simplified taxpayer pays.
Post-money valuation
Find pre-money and post-money value from an investment amount and the investor's stake.
Work and pay
Annual salary calculator
See your monthly take-home pay in Korea from your annual salary, after the four social insurances and income tax, at 2026 rates.
2026 annual salary take-home table
Monthly take-home pay and each deduction for annual salaries from 10 million to 1 billion won, in one table.
Monthly salary calculator
See your take-home pay in Korea from your monthly salary, after the four social insurances and income tax, at 2026 rates.
2026 monthly salary take-home table
Take-home pay and each deduction for monthly salaries from 1 million to 100 million won, in one table.
Social insurance calculator
Work out the employee and employer shares of National Pension, health, long-term care and employment insurance from monthly pay.
Hourly wage converter
Convert Korean hourly, daily, weekly, monthly and yearly pay with weekly holiday pay, overtime and the minimum wage check.
Minimum wage checker
Check pay against the 2026 and 2027 Korean minimum wage, counting only the wage items the law includes, with the probation rule.
Weekly holiday pay calculator
Work out Korean weekly holiday pay (juhyu sudang) from the hourly or daily wage and the weekly scheduled hours, with the attendance rules.
Overtime, night and holiday pay calculator
Work out Korean overtime, night and holiday premiums minute by minute for one shift or a whole week, including the 40 hour weekly limit and part-time rules.
Maternity leave pay calculator
Work out how much employment insurance and the company pay during maternity leave and a spouse's childbirth leave, with the 2026 caps and floor.
Parental leave pay calculator
Work out parental leave pay month by month from your monthly ordinary wage and leave dates, including the 6+6 rule for both parents, single parents and reduced hours.
Annual leave calculator
See when your Korean paid annual leave arises and expires, by start date or calendar year, including part-time hours and the settlement on leaving.
Annual leave pay calculator
Work out the pay for unused Korean annual leave from the ordinary wage, what is due now or on leaving, and when to claim it.
Severance pay calculator
Check eligibility and estimate Korean severance pay from the average wage of the last 3 months, the Ministry of Employment and Labor way.
Unemployment benefit calculator
Work out the daily jobseeker's allowance, the number of benefit days and the total from your last 3 months' pay, age and insured period.
Suspension allowance calculator
Work out the minimum allowance owed for each day a Korean employer suspends work: 70% of the average wage or the ordinary wage, with partial pay.
Dismissal notice pay calculator
Check whether 30 days' notice pay is due on dismissal in Korea and work out the amount from the ordinary wage.
Ordinary wage calculator
Work out the Korean ordinary hourly and daily wage from each pay item, under the Supreme Court ruling of 19 December 2024.
Average wage calculator
Work out the Korean daily average wage used for severance pay and other benefits, from the last 3 months of pay, bonuses and excluded periods.
Korean business info
Business type codes
Look up Korean National Tax Service business codes and expense rates.
Business number checker
Check the check digit of a Korean business or corporate registration number and see what each part means.
Bank account formats
Check how account numbers are written at each Korean bank.
Korean SME size check
Check whether a company counts as an SME, a small enterprise or a micro enterprise under Korean law, from its industry, sales, assets and staff.
Company incorporation cost calculator
Work out the registration tax, local education tax, registry fee and notary fees for setting up a Korean stock company.
Shareholder and board vote check
Check whether a shareholders' or board resolution passes under the Korean Commercial Act.
Mandatory workplace training check
See which of the five statutory workplace trainings your company must run, and how often.
Time zone converter
Convert a time between cities such as Los Angeles (PST/PDT) and Seoul (KST), with daylight saving changes and the best time for a call.