Public Korea Visit Resource

Korea Visit Team Prep Checklist

A practical language checklist for business travelers, trade missions, public programs, delegations, and teams preparing for Korea-related visits.

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Important Boundary

Language support, not business or visa advice

This checklist is for practical Korean communication before and during a Korea visit. It is not legal, visa, job, trade, investment, or business consulting.

Best use: Use this to decide what your group should practice before meetings, events, site visits, meals, transportation, and casual introductions.
Who It Helps

Useful for teams preparing to visit Korea

Trade mission participants

Useful when travelers want basic greetings, polite requests, introductions, and visit phrases before Seoul meetings or buyer programs.

Public program visitors

Useful for people attending Korea-related panels, cultural exchange, policy programs, or delegation visits.

Company teams

Useful for employees visiting Korean partners, suppliers, trade shows, site visits, or short internal programs.

Travel and tourism groups

Useful for teams who need polite Korean for hotels, taxis, restaurants, train stations, and hosted events.

For Organizers

Planning a Korea visit for a group?

Chambers, trade mission coordinators, company team leads, and public-program organizers can use the organizer checklist to decide what participants should review before travel.

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Before The Trip

Choose the situations to practice

1. Arrival

Airport, hotel, taxis, directions, and basic help phrases.

2. Introductions

Name, organization, role, field, and why you are visiting Korea.

3. Meetings

Greeting hosts, asking for clarification, thanking people, and closing politely.

4. Meals

Ordering, allergies, dietary needs, payment, and short polite conversation.

5. Site visits

Asking where to go, what to do, when to meet, and how to follow instructions.

6. Follow-up

Simple thanks, email tone, and short messages after the visit.

Core Phrases

Start with safe, polite Korean

안녕하세요.
annyeonghaseyo

Hello.

처음 뵙겠습니다.
cheoeum boepgetseumnida

Pleased to meet you.

저는 ___에서 왔습니다.
jeoneun ___eseo watseumnida

I am from ___.

저는 ___ 일을 하고 있습니다.
jeoneun ___ ireul hago itseumnida

I work in ___.

다시 한번 말씀해 주시겠어요?
dasi hanbeon malsseumhae jusigesseoyo?

Could you say that one more time?

천천히 말씀해 주세요.
cheoncheonhi malsseumhae juseyo

Please speak slowly.

도와주셔서 감사합니다.
dowajusyeoseo gamsahamnida

Thank you for helping.

좋은 기회를 주셔서 감사합니다.
joeun gihoereul jusyeoseo gamsahamnida

Thank you for the good opportunity.

Team Prep Plan

A simple 30-minute group practice plan

5 minutes

Pick the visit situations: meetings, travel, meals, site visits, hosted events, or introductions.

10 minutes

Practice greetings, names, organization names, and polite first-meeting phrases.

10 minutes

Role-play two real moments: arrival at a meeting and asking for clarification.

5 minutes

Choose five phrases each person will actually use during the trip.

Need a custom Korea visit lesson?

Ashley can shape practice around the group’s real visit: meetings, travel, introductions, meals, trade shows, site visits, or public programs.

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