If you're already studying at a Korean university, your D-2 student visa lets you intern part-time during semester and full-time during break. If you're an international student outside Korea, the D-10-2 internship-specific visa is the standard track, companies sponsor it; processing is ~2 weeks at a Korean consulate. If you've graduated from a Korean university, you can use the D-10 job-seeker visa to intern while interviewing for full-time roles.

Yes for the listings on this page. Established Korean companies pay interns competitively, typically ₩2.0M to ₩3.5M per month for engineering, product, design, and data roles at large tech companies and conglomerate affiliates. Many also cover housing or provide a stipend. Unpaid 'experience' internships exist in Korea but we don't surface them here.

Often. Coupang, Krafton, Naver, Kakao, and most foreign-invested companies in Korea use internships as their primary new-grad pipeline, return offer rates at the top programs run 50%+ for high-performing interns. The 'experiential intern' (체험형 인턴) track is short and explicitly non-converting; most listings here are the longer, evaluation-track 채용연계형 internships that lead to FT offers.

Two main waves. Summer internships (June to August) post Mar-Apr. Winter internships (December to February) post Sep-Oct. Some companies also run year-round rolling internships, especially in engineering and design. New listings show up here within 24 hours of being posted.

Yes, the D-10-2 internship visa doesn't require you to be enrolled in a Korean university. You do need to be enrolled in a degree program somewhere (any country) or a recent grad (within 2 years of graduation). The company sponsors the visa and the agreement is between you and them.

Pulled from each employer's career page every weekday at around 17:00 UTC. Listings that disappear from the source are marked expired within 24 hours. Most other 'Korea jobs for foreigners' boards last updated in 2022; ours doesn't sit.

No to all three. /jobs is free for both candidates and employers. Apply links go to the original posting on the company's own ATS (Greenhouse, Lever, Workday, or proprietary career page). Seoulstart adds visa context and curates for English-friendliness; the hiring relationship is between you and the employer.

Each posting is classified by its language signals: JD language, explicit Korean-fluency requirements, foreign-team mentions, sponsorship language, and the company's track record of hiring foreign workers. Roles that look Korean-only fall below our threshold and don't surface here. The classification is Seoulstart's read of the public JD; always verify language requirements directly with the recruiter.