South Korea eSIM

KakaoTalk, WhatsApp and LINE keep working on your existing account. Since June 2026 Naver Map accepts passport verification, so you can book and pay without a Korean number. Whether a plan includes a local number or can receive texts is in its details.

The country your traffic leaves from. Sites and apps use your IP to decide where you are, so a plan that exits outside Korea may not open services limited to Korea.

KT, LG U+, SK Telecom. Which one you connect to depends on local signal.

Anywhere the plan’s networks have signal, including Seoul, Busan, Jeju; rural and mountain areas depend on local coverage.

Yes. Operators here are listed with 4G / 5G; each plan's networks show which.

It depends on the plan: some keep a usable speed of 1 Mbps / 5 Mbps; others drop to 128 Kbps / 384 Kbps / 512 Kbps, which is enough for messaging; others stop data.

It starts when the eSIM first connects to a network. You can install it before you go.

Yes. There's no total data cap; any speed limit shown on the plan still applies.

85 of these plans state personal hotspot support, so you can share data with a laptop or travel companions. It comes out of this eSIM’s allowance. Look for “Personal hotspot” in the plan details.

No. Each QR code installs once. If you delete the eSIM or reset the phone, it can't be installed again, and once it has connected to a network it can't be refunded.

Some plans add data, some add days, and some can't be topped up; each plan says which. Top up from the eSIM in My eSIMs. There's nothing new to install.

Yes. The listed price is the final price.