Counseling

If you run into difficulties living in Korea, don’t try to solve them alone. Multilingual counseling for daily life, labor, legal issues, interpreting, and mental health is available, and most of it is free.

Type
Audience

Results: 13 Consultations are kept confidential in principle

LifeWorkers & Immigrants

Foreign Residents Support Center

Provides daily-life counseling and administrative guidance to help you settle in Korea and your community.

  • Guidance on life and local info, and referrals to visa/residence counseling
  • Korean classes, cultural experiences, and community programs
  • Pohang Migrant Workers Center 054-291-0191
Labor & legalWorkers & Immigrants

Labor Counseling

Counseling and rights remedies for labor issues such as wages, contracts, industrial accidents, and workplace changes.

  • Counseling on contracts, unpaid wages, unfair dismissal, and industrial accidents
  • Guidance on workplace-change procedures and agency referrals
  • Ministry of Employment and Labor Customer Center 1350 · Pohang Employment and Welfare+ Center 054-280-3000
Labor & legalCommon

Legal Counseling

Legal counseling and legal-aid services for residence, labor, leases, and civil or criminal cases.

  • Guidance on contract disputes, fraud, and litigation
  • Legal counseling available to foreigners too
  • Korea Legal Aid Corporation 132
Labor & legalCompanies

Tax & Labor-Affairs Counseling

Free expert counseling for companies with lawyers, tax accountants, labor consultants, and management advisers.

  • Pohang Chamber of Commerce Business Support Group expert desk 054-270-1223
  • Ministry of Justice 9988 SME Legal Support (9988law.com)
  • SME24 Business Support Group 1357 (www.smes.go.kr)
PsychologicalWorkers & Immigrants

Psychological & Life Counseling

For difficulties with cultural differences, work life, family issues, or stress.

  • Counseling on adjustment, mental health, family, couples, parenting, and crises
  • Danuri Call Center 1577-1366 · National Family Centers 1577-9337
  • Pohang Family Center 054-244-9702 · Mental Health Crisis Line 109
PsychologicalInt’l Students

University Grievance Counseling

For depression, anxiety, or academic stress, contact the student counseling center; for rights violations, the human-rights center.

  • Handong — Student Counseling Center / Shalom Sexual-Wellness Center (check and apply on HISNet)
  • Sunlin — Student Counseling Center 054-260-5088~5089
  • Pohang University — Career/Psychological Counseling / Human-Rights Center 054-245-1351~1353
  • POSTECH — Counseling Center 054-279-2726·2750 / Human-Rights Center 054-279-2730
InterpretingCommon

Hospital Interpreting

When booking, mention your language and department in advance and check whether interpreting is available.

  • Danuri Call Center 1577-1366 — three-way phone interpreting with hospitals and emergency services
  • NHIS foreign-language help 033-811-2000
  • Even with a foreign-language website, interpreters are not always on duty
See Healthcare
InterpretingCommon

Administrative Interpreting

If communication is hard at government or public offices, use multilingual counseling and three-way interpreting.

  • Multilingual counseling on immigration/residence and guidance on procedures
  • Interpreting at Pohang’s migrant-worker counseling centers (Nam-gu, Buk-gu, and women’s center)
  • Pohang Family Center 054-244-9040 — interpreting/translation for marriage migrants and multicultural families
InterpretingWorkers & Immigrants

Danuri Call Center 1577-1366

A 24-hour multilingual counseling service for marriage migrants and immigrants.

  • Counseling and everyday interpreting in 13 languages
  • Counseling for domestic and sexual violence and everyday difficulties
  • Legal-counseling referrals and emergency protection
Call 1577-1366
LifeCommon

Foreigner Info Center 1345

Multilingual counseling on immigration, visas, and residence, plus living information for foreigners.

  • Counseling in 20 languages and three-way interpreting with public offices
  • Weekdays 09:00–22:00; after 18:00, Korean, English, and Chinese only
  • Guidance on visas, alien registration, and procedures
Call 1345
Urgent supportUrgent

Emergency Medical Support

In an emergency, foreigners can receive emergency medical care regardless of residence status.

  • Call 119 → go to the nearest emergency hospital → billing depends on your insurance status
  • Even without insurance you can get emergency care, but you may bear the costs
  • Pohang St. Mary’s 054-272-0151 · Semyeong Christian 054-275-0005 · S-Pohang 054-289-9000
Urgent supportUrgent

Crime Victim Support

Foreigners can report crimes and receive the protection and support they need.

  • For — assault/injury, theft, fraud, sexual crimes, human trafficking, and threats/confinement
  • Support — police investigation and emergency protection, interpreting, referrals to shelters and hospitals, and counseling
  • If your passport or alien registration card is taken, still call 112
Call 112
Urgent supportUrgent

Domestic Violence & Rights-Violation Counseling

If you experience domestic or sexual violence, workplace assault, discrimination, or rights violations, specialized agencies can protect you.

  • Women’s Emergency Line 1366 — 24-hour counseling and referrals to shelters and hospitals
  • Danuri Call Center 1577-1366 — 24-hour multilingual counseling
  • Help with police reports and legal support
Call 1366

Main counseling agencies

Nationwide

Nationwide counseling organizations and contacts
AgencyPhoneWebsite
Foreigner Info Center1345hikorea.go.kr
Ministry of Employment and Labor Customer Center1350moel.go.kr
Korea Legal Aid Corporation132klac.or.kr
Danuri Call Center1577-1366liveinkorea.kr
Family Center1577-9337familynet.or.kr
Mental Health Crisis Line109mentalhealth.go.kr

Pohang area

Pohang-area counseling organizations and contacts
AgencyPhoneWebsite
Pohang Employment and Welfare+ Center054-280-3000work24.go.kr
Pohang Migrant Workers Center054-291-0191pimkorea.com
Pohang Family Center054-244-9702pohang.familynet.or.kr
Pohang Family Center (counseling line)054-244-9701—
Buk-gu Migrant Worker Center (Neulsarang Church)054-244-9958 · 054-244-995097 Uchang-dong-ro, Buk-gu, Pohang
Nam-gu Migrant Worker Center (Koinonia · Jukdo Cathedral)Pohang City Hall 054-270-8282Jukdo-dong area, Nam-gu, Pohang
Women Migrant Worker Center (run by Pohang YWCA)Pohang City Hall 054-270-828266 Yongdang-ro, Buk-gu, Pohang