Korean Job Discussion Forums

[Anna_Louise]

Can anyone tell me if the plug sockets in Korea are the same as those in Australia (as something I found on line seems to suggest)? Thanks

[Natalia]

No, they're not.

Sorry, nothing else to add.

I'm Australian. You need an adaptor.

Australia's sockets aren't like anything you'll find overseas (at least any of the thirty or more countries I have spent time in).

[bretto]

I bought mine in Yongsan, Seoul in the big I'Park Department Store. It is a universal one that works in 50 different countries or something. But I guess any department store will probably hold them.

[Kimchi Cha Cha]

If you're still in Australia, you should be able to definitely find sockets at places such as D*ck Smith and Tandy Electronics and probably at Target, K-Mart or Big W. The voltage is the same, just the sockets are different. If you happen to be from Sydney, I found them at the Woolworths downtown opposite Sydney Town Hall and above Town Hall station.

[Anna_Louise]

Hi guys,

Thanks for your help. I'm actually British, but lived in Australia for a while so still have a few adaptors for there lying around-when I searched for somewhere online to buy a Korean adaptor one of the sites suggested that they were the same, which I was pretty surprised about, but I just thought I'd check before I went out looking for a Korean one. Thanks again!