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Travel safety & money helper

Local emergency numbers for 20 destinations, a currency converter and how to avoid paying in your home currency abroad — each fact with its source and check date.

✓ Last checked 2026-11-02 · 25 sources

Local emergency numbers

In an emergency, call the local emergency number first. This page is general guidance, not medical advice.

More detail (phrase cards, consulate contacts, weather) is on the Korean pages.

Reference currency converter

Reference currency converter

Reference rates only — the amount you actually get will differ

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Rates: ExchangeRate-API

When a card terminal asks “pay in your home currency?”

  • If the receipt shows an amount in KRW (your home currency) as well as the local currency, dynamic currency conversion (DCC) was applied. Ask to cancel and pay again in the local currency.
  • DCC adds a fee on top of the exchange rate, so it costs more than paying in the local currency.
  • Hotel booking sites, travel agencies and online shops may have home-currency payment switched on by default — check before you pay.

Sources

  1. 호주 정부 Smartraveller (주일 호주대사관) · Official · Checked 2026-11-02
  2. 일본정부관광국(JNTO) · Official · Checked 2026-11-02
  3. 뉴질랜드 외교통상부 · Official · Checked 2026-11-02
  4. 호주 정부 Smartraveller · Official · Checked 2026-11-02
  5. 태국관광청(TAT) · Official · Checked 2026-11-02
  6. 필리핀 내무지방자치부(DILG) · Official · Checked 2026-11-02
  7. 호주 정부 Smartraveller · Official · Checked 2026-11-02
  8. 상하이시 인민정부 · Official · Checked 2026-11-02
  9. 광저우시 인민정부 · Official · Checked 2026-11-02
  10. 호주 정부 Smartraveller · Official · Checked 2026-11-02
  11. 호주 정부 Smartraveller · Official · Checked 2026-11-02
  12. 호주 정부 Smartraveller · Official · Checked 2026-11-02
  13. 호주 정부 Smartraveller · Official · Checked 2026-11-02
  14. 인도네시아 관광부 공식 사이트 · Official · Checked 2026-11-02
  15. 캐나다 정부 여행 안내 · Official · Checked 2026-11-02
  16. 미국 관광청(Brand USA) 공식 사이트 · Official · Checked 2026-11-02
  17. 프랑스 정부 공공서비스 포털(service-public.fr) · Official · Checked 2026-11-02
  18. 이탈리아 보건부 · Official · Checked 2026-11-02
  19. 캐나다 정부 여행 안내 · Official · Checked 2026-11-02
  20. 영국 정부(GOV.UK) · Official · Checked 2026-11-02
  21. 영국 정부(GOV.UK) · Official · Checked 2026-11-02
  22. 호주 정부 인프라·교통·통신부 · Official · Checked 2026-11-02
  23. 체코 내무부 · Official · Checked 2026-11-02
  24. 파이낸셜뉴스 (금융감독원 안내 보도) · Media · Checked 2026-11-02
  25. ExchangeRate-API (open.er-api.com) · Media · Checked 2026-11-02

Checked

Only what each source page states. Numbers and conditions can change, so check the official page again before you travel.