Korean Job Discussion Forums

[ReeNah]

Hey everyone, hope everyone is having a delightful day.

Anyways, so I recently got my ARC and was wondering what I can do with the Alien Number thingy that they give you? What's it for?

I tried to sign up for a phone and they said I couldn't, I tried to sign up for www.naver.com and it said my number wasn't a KSSN so wouldn't accept it...

So what is it there for?

Cheers,
ReeNah

[kardisa]

You can sign up for Naver just fine with your ARC number.

http://www.wandergeeks.com/how-to-create-a-naver-account-as-a-foreigner/

Not trying to pimp my blog (I barely update it), but that's the method I used to sign up.

[Xylox]

Ugh, insurence, bank account, online banking.

[interestedinhanguk]

LG will give you a (contract) phone.

[fugitive chicken]

I use my card for everything I do here pretty much.

And you DO need it for a phone, they just don't want to deal with you because you don't speak korean. I dealt with the same thing when I first got here. Go in with a Korean and they will set you up with a phone...or go to Itaewon or Yongsan Electronics Mall where they speak English.

[Carla]

[Pikkle]

You can get a phone on contract with you. You just had a bunch of jerks in the store you went into. Just go into a different one. They're on every other corner here. Most won't give you problems.