I have an emergency situation in Korea. Whom should I call?
A quick-reference guide for emergency contacts in Korea, detailing hotline numbers for police, fire, medical assistance, and specialized support for foreign residents, including multilingual support services and interpretation hotlines.
Remember or save below numbers for emergency and complaints!
Emergency Hotline
Institutions | Hotline |
Reporting Crime (National Police Agency) | 112 |
Fire Incident, Emergency Patients, Emergency Rescue (National Fire Agency) | 117 |
Hacking, Spam, Infringement of Personal Information (KISA) | 118 |
Women’s Emergency Call / Counseling (Ministry of Gender Equality and Family) | 1366 |
Danuri Call Center (Ministry of Gender Equality and Family) | 1577-1366 |
Counseling Center for Foreign Workers | 1577-0071 |
Civil Complaints Hotline
Institutions | Hotline |
Immigration Contact Center (Ministry of Justice) | 1345 |
National Government Call Center (Ministry of the Interior and Safety) | 110 |
Korea Travel Helpline (Korea Tourism Organization) | 1330 |
Human Rights Violation Complaint & Counseling (National Human Rights Commission of Korea) | 1331 |
Legal Advice & Counseling (Korea Legal Aid Corporation) | 132 |
If you're not fluent in Korean, the following numbers offer interpretation services for civil complaints and crime reports.
These interpretation agencies provide 3-way calling to help you communicate with the relevant institutions.
Interpretation Services Hotline
Interpreting Agency | Hotline | Operating Hours | Language |
Korea Travel Helpline (Korea Tourism Organization) | 1330 | 08:00~19:00 | English, Chinese, Japanese,
Russian, Vietnamese, Thai, Malay
(Bahasa Melayu), Indonesian |
Danuri Call Center (Ministry of Gender Equality and Family) | 1577-1366 | 08:00~21:00 | English, Chinese, Vietnamese, Tagalog (the Philippines), Khmer (Cambodia), Mongolian, Russian, Japanese, Thai, Lao, Uzbek, Nepali |
Foreign Help Center (Immigration Contact Center) | 1345 | 09:00~22:00 | English, Chinese, Japanese, Russian, Vietnamese, Thai, Indonesian, Thai, Mongolian, Filipino, Cambodian, Arabic, Nepali, French, Spanish, Bangla,
Sinhala, Pakistan Urdu, German |
BBB Korea | 1588-5644 | 24 hours | English, Chinese, Japanese, Russian, Vietnamese, Thai, Malay (Bahasa Melayu), Indonesian,
Mongolian, Arabic, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Swedish, Polish, Italian, German, Turkish, Indian, Swahili |
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