How to Make Korean Friends in Korea – Seoulistic

How to Make Korean Friends in Korea

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If you’re traveling to Korea or living in Korea, you might feel a little lost and alone. What better way to cure your sorrows than to make local Korean friends! If you’re wondering how you can make Korean friends while you’re in Korea, we have a few suggestions 😉

Note for Korea residents: Making friends in Korea is the same anywhere in the world. Most people, just like you, make friends at school, work at the gym, etc.. But if the people around you are only non-Koreans, it might be harder to make local Korean friends. So we suggest being active, and of course friendly. Join a yoga class, a salsa dance group, a scarf knitting interest group, a photography club for taking pictures of cats. Just anything to be in a position to meet people. And of course, it’ll help if you’re friendly too.

But just in case you need a starting point, here are a few suggestions:

 

TourMateKoreamakeyourtourmate korea

With Locals by Locals

TourMateKorea is an app to find local Korean friends to have real local experiences with. They’re not professional tour guides, but everyday Korean locals with schools and jobs. With them, you’ll get access to special venues, hear their stories of growing up in the city, get personalized recommendations for what you want to do and make a new friend while you’re at it. Most meetups are one on one experiences, so it’s intimate, and you’ll really get to know true Korean locals.

Click here to find a local Korean friend.

 

SeoulMate

Seoul tours and friendship

SeoulMate is one of the services we highlighted in our 10 Free Things to Get in Seoul post. They are super cool because they offer free tours of Korea’s attractions. And although they’re not professional tour guides, you can think of them as professional hang out buddies. Basically the group will hook you up with Korean college students to tour some of Korea’s awesomest sites. But in addition to tours, these people also offer their oh so valuable friendship. They’re young, outgoing and friendly. You’ll like them so much that you might even want to go to one of their reunion parties! 😀

Check out their official website and their facebook page.

 

Friends in Korea

Language exchange, partying, speed dating and unicorns… maybe

Checkout friendsinkorea.comif you want language exchange, partying, speed dating and unicorns. Their hang outs range from eating food and drinking coffee to drinking beer and going clubbing. They’ll have events that are setup for group discounts (i.e. free entrance to clubs, all you can drink beer, etc.). And although this group is geared more towards foreigners that reside in Korea, it’s still a great way for visitors to meet some Korean friends too. And to ride unicorns.

Check out their facebook page and their official website!
If you speak Korean…

 

Korean Interest Groups

모임 (moim) / 동호회 (donghohoe)

Many Korean people find friends in interest groups called 모임 (moim) or 동호회 (donghohoe) and so these groups are perfect for finding real Korean locals. On top of that, these are interest groups with activities that range from hiking, bowlingwine tastingbiking and anything else you can think of. So it’s perfect for making friends with the most local of Koreans while enjoying your favorite activities! Most of these can be found with simple searches on Daum.net or Naver.com (e.g. 서울볼링동호회 – Seoul bowling interest group). If your Korean isn’t the best, ask a friend to help you find a good one.

Obviously these aren’t the only ways to make Korean friends. There are tons of meetup groups out there with lots of Koreans. If you know of any, feel free to add to the list in the comments below!

Keith
Keith
Keith Kim is a Korean-American who has been living in Korea for almost a decade. Being in a unique position as both a Korean and a non-Korean, he's put all his experience and knowledge for surviving in Korea in Survival Korean . Read it to learn how you can survive in Korea. Follow him on Facebook, YouTube, and Instagram.

158 Comments

  1. Angel says:

    Thanks so much for the valuable information!! I’m looking forward to my trip and can’t wait to make some new friends!

  2. Keith says:

    You’re welcome! 😀

  3. Alex says:

    thank you very much. a lot of interesting information for my planned trip 🙂

  4. Keith Kim says:

    Glad you found it helpful 🙂

  5. Jeff says:

    Really nice! But I really wish I a Korean GF.

  6. Rebecca says:

    Just what we need right now! Me and my boyfriend got her 3 weeks ago and we really want to make friends here since we are staying at least 2 month more in Seoul. Thank you so much! ^____^ I’m always looking forward to your next blog posts and videos! Loving them!

  7. JonB says:

    Wish I’d seen this a year ago!

  8. derp says:

    the hyperlink for friendsinkorea.com does not work

  9. Kevin Yancey says:

    This is some great info. Thanks a bunch! I’ll definitely take advantage of the seoul-mate program!

  10. Keith says:

    @derp thanks! should be fixed 🙂

  11. Daniel Kim says:

    Thanks for featuring out website!
    I have seen your Videos on TTMIE. I will try to prepare some unicorns. lol
    Please also note that, at our events, there are more Koreans than foreigners. After all, this is Korea. lol
    But we do have people of various nationalities at the same time. Everyone, come join us at our parties and language exchange meetings!

  12. Garry sandhu says:

    Your comment…Hi my name Garry Sandhu.From India.I am live in london.I like friendship with korean girl…..plz mail me……..

  13. Garry sandhu says:

    Your comment…Hi,I am Garry Sandhu nice to meet all my friend…..plz sand me mail..My email id. [email protected]

  14. Aman Kamal Jaafar says:

    Hi there! lm planning going to souel,korea with my family early next year..our first trip there…need some friend for assistance..we will staying at budget guesthouse in iteawon.not familiar with your language and culture.holiday trip there after seing to many korean dramas dan games show on tv in my country Malaysia..we luv it and making plans going there..

  15. Aman Kamal Jaafar says:

    Your comment…

  16. Harry says:

    Your commeHi.good morning all friend. I like friend ship with korean plz mail me ……

  17. Harry says:

    Hi my name harry .Im live in india. befor Im live in korea (daegu) very nice place. I like friendship with korean girl..this is my email id [email protected] plz mail me ………

  18. Merve says:

    Hi guys this is Merve from Turkey.
    I’m 19 years old and looking for a Korean friend, because I love Korean people..
    I’m studying at English Language Teaching,
    Well, I’ll be waiting for your mails, please mail me! :))

    [email protected]

  19. ramona★ says:

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    [email protected]
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  20. Grace says:

    Please I need a korean friend,i’m a nigerian,someone I’ll be able to chat with and get to know each other,I’m a student studying food science and engineering.Looking forward to see your reply. My email is [email protected]

  21. Grace says:

    I need a korean friend,i’m a nigerian,someone I’ll be able to chat with and get to know each other,I’m a student studying food science and engineering.Looking forward to see your reply. My email is [email protected]

  22. Abir says:

    I am Abir from Bangladesh. I want to learn Korean language, so i need Korean friends. Pls, mail me. My mail ID is [email protected]

  23. Do you need Business or private loan if yes contact this email [email protected] Amount; Duration; Phone number income; please all email should go to [email protected]

  24. Theim says:

    Lets share & make close friendship.

  25. Mosama Elias says:

    anyonghaseyo…
    am Mossy from Tanzania,i would like to learn Korean language from any Korean native,if there is any to chat and make friendship with,i speak English and a little Korean words.any Korean native please help me learn your native language and speak fluent email me at [email protected] or phone no…+255653481109……..annyoung

  26. Rimas says:

    I really want to have some chattinga with an original korean people because i want to increase my foreign language…I like KPOP

  27. fahmi says:

    my dream is to fly to korea so please can you help me for the visa please if you can do that to me just add me in my account facebook please
    https://www.facebook.com/fahmi.sboui

  28. David meupe says:

    I live in Gabon . I am in Korea for 3 months. Wish to have contact with Korean friends permit me know much about Korean people and culture.

  29. David meupe says:

    I am from Just need to meet Korean friends.

  30. Andriamampianina Narisolofo says:

    I am from Madagascar, Just need korean friends. Than you

    • Meupe David says:

      Hope you are not feeling lonely than I.
      Malgache are very courageous.
      Espect to meet you at the earliest and be friends

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