[Life Information]Emergency Numbers to Know in Korea

Emergency Numbers to Know in Korea

 

 

 

When living in a foreign country, it is important to know what numbers you need to call in case of an emergency.

 If you need the an ambulance or have a fire emergency dial 119.

For medical emergencies, when you dial this number, your location will automatically be tracked. The response time on this is pretty quick.

 

 

 If you do not speak Korean, they will bring on the line a interpreter from the Tourism Organization for a three way call. Interpretation services are available in 16 languages. English Japanese, Chinese, French, Spanish, Italian, Russian, German, Portuguese, Arabic, Polish, Turkish, Swedish, Thai, Vietnamese and Indonesian. 

 

 

Please remember that police assistance and needing an ambulance are different numbers.

 

For police assistance dial 112.

 

If you need tourism and translation service dial 1330.

 

For coast guard assistance it is 122.

 

We hope that you don’t come across any emergencies in Korea, but if you do these are some numbers to keep in handy.