I arrived at my local branch of Suhyup… which, incidentally, has the tagline “Fresh Fish, Fresh Bank”. It’s certainly original, I’ll give them that. They even have fish and seaweed wraps available for sale in the bank. Anyway, I arrived around noon, and immediately had to run back to my apartment for my passport,...
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Tags: bank account, dojong, Japan, living in korea, name chop, name stamp, 도장
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The same process repeats itself in country after country; there’s always going to be some kind of bureaucracy. How easy it is to work with the system (or pay it off, depending on the level of corruption). Anyone planning to stay in the Republic of Korea longer than 90 days must apply to a...
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Tags: bureaucracy, foreigner registration, hangul, hanja, immigration, inkan, Japan, jitsuin, korea, korean, name chop
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