South Korea Country Code

South Korea’s phone code is the telephone country code that is used for phone communications when a call is placed from outside of the country.

South Korea’s Country Code is +82

South Korea’s country code is +82. The country code is necessary only when dialing a phone number to make a telephone call from another country. International callers who wish to dial a telephone number in South Korea should dial South Korea’s telephone country code (+82) before the national telephone number preceded by area code.

All national phone numbers in South Korea are 8-10 digits long – aa bbb bbbb, with aa being the area code followed by the local phone number. Follow these easy steps to dial a phone number in South Korea using the country code:

Step 1. Enter your country’s exit code on your phone. If you are calling from Europe please enter the 00 (or “+” sign if calling from a mobile device) or 011 if calling from the United States. American callers use the “011” exit code for all international call, including South Korea.

Step 2. Dial 82, South Korea’s country code.

Step 3. Then enter South Korea’s area code.

Step 4. Right after the area code, dial the national phone number you wish to call in South Korea.

Here is an example: 

When calling from Europe: 00 82 aa bbb bbbb (or +82 aa bbb bbbb from a mobile device)
When calling from the United States: 011 82 aa bbb bbbb

South Korea’s area codes are one-two digit long codes that are used for long-distance calling inside the country. Here are some South Korea’s area codes:

If you wish to dial a phone number with these area codes from outside South Korea, you would have to dial first the exit code, then South Korea’s country code 82. 

For example, if you want to dial a phone number in Ulsan, this would be an example of a phone number: +82 52 bbbb bbbb or 0082 52 bbbb bbbb, and 011 82 52 bbbb bbbb if calling from the United States.

South Korea’s mobile phone numbers are operated by the three largest local mobile phone companies -KT Corporation, SK Telecom and LG U+.

All mobile phone numbers in South Korea start with prefix “010“. When dialing a mobile phone number from outside of the country, first you need to dial the exit code (for example, “011” or “+” sign if calling from the United States), then South Korea’s country code “82”, plus the 10 digit phone number including the prefix “10” without the first “0”.

For example, enter 011 82 10 bbbb bbbb or +82 10 bbbb bbbb if calling from the United States.

If you plan to travel to South Korea it is important to be prepared when it comes to your health and safety. We recommend to save the phone numbers below in case you’ll need it.

Here are the most important South Korea’s public phone numbers: