Dialing Instructions for placing long distance international telephone calls to Korea from another country:

1) Get the lowest telephone call rate for Korea, from the Telephone Call Charges Sheet.

2) Dial the International Dial out code of your country (eg: from UK - 00)

    00 + 82 + City Area Code + Local number

If you wish to make a telephone call from Korea you will need to dial korea-exit-code (eg: korea-exit-code 44 for UK).

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The actual date and time in Seoul, Korea can be found at Time in Seoul.

Korea’s standard time is 9 Hours away from Greenwich Mean Time/ UTC.

Korea does not utilise Daylight Time Saving.

Telephone area codes in Korea are frequently identified as Numbering Plan Areas (NPAs). It was once named STD codes in Korea.

These phone area codes are important only when calling from outside the telephone code area. Interestingly it is essential when making a telephone calls from the mobile phones.

Phone area codes or city codes in Korea commonly reveal geographical areas within Korea which can be covered by hundreds of telephone exchanges.

The telephone area code in Korea is normally preceded in the dial string by the Korean country code or the international access code for Korea ("82").

Phone Area codes in Korea tend to be quoted along with the country access code for Korea.