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Korean IPs from real homes and SIM cards
Korean proxies on real home fibre and cable and the SK Telecom, KT and LG U+ networks. Our South Korea proxies reach Seoul, Busan, Incheon, Daegu and 172 locations in all 17 provinces and metropolitan cities, with rotating or sticky sessions, or a fixed static IP.
Pay per GB, not per IP. Unused bandwidth rolls over.
Choose your South Korea proxy type
Four ways to get a Korean IP
Rotating residential
Korea residential proxy IPs on home fibre and cable, from KT and SK Broadband to local cable networks. Best for scraping, price monitoring and SERP tracking on Naver and Google.co.kr.
- Province, city, ZIP, ISP and ASN targeting
- New IP per request or sticky sessions
- OS fingerprint targeting (Windows, macOS, Linux, Android)
Rotating mobile
Korea mobile proxy IPs on all three national networks. Best for social media, app testing and the strictest anti-bot systems.
- Province, city, ZIP, carrier and ASN targeting
- OS fingerprint targeting
- Rotate on demand or keep a sticky session
Rotating datacenter
Fast, low-cost Korean datacenter IPs. Best for high-volume jobs on lightly protected sites.
- South Korea country-level targeting
- New IP per request or sticky sessions
- Lowest cost per GB for bulk traffic
- Plans from 40 GB for $25
Static residential
A fixed Korean residential IP that stays yours. Best for account management and long-running logins.
- The same Korean IP all month
- Traffic included (100 GB fair-use soft cap per IP)
- South Korea country-level targeting
- From $3.50 for a single IP
South Korea at a glance
Why a local IP changes what you see
Rankings on Naver (네이버) and Google.co.kr, prices on Coupang (쿠팡), Gmarket and 11st (11번가), price comparisons on Danawa (다나와) and the ads served to Korean users all depend on where a request comes from. A US or Singapore IP often gets a different page, an English version or no page at all.
Korean sites also check the network. On well-protected sites, data centre traffic is flagged as a bot straight away, while a KT fibre line or an SK Telecom SIM looks like an ordinary Korean customer, because it is one.
| Fact | Figure | Why it matters for proxy work |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 51.12 million registered residents (end of 2025) | A dense, city-heavy market, so city and district targeting separates Seoul results from Busan or Daegu. |
| Local administration | 17 areas: 1 special city, 6 metropolitan cities, 1 special self-governing city, 6 provinces and 3 special self-governing provinces | All 17 are targetable, and delivery options, store stock and local results differ between them. |
| Currency | South Korean won (KRW, ₩), issued by the Bank of Korea | Korean shops price in won, and only a Korean IP shows local prices and offers reliably. |
| Language & script | Korean, written in Hangul (한글) | Local sites serve ko-KR pages, and a Korean IP gets that version rather than an international one. |
| Internet use | 95.0% of people aged 3 and over (2025) | Almost everyone is online, so residential and mobile IPs blend in with normal traffic. |
| Online shopping | ₩272.0 trillion in 2025, a record, with 77.6% of it on mobile | A huge, mobile-first market with constant sales events, which is what price monitoring is for. |
| Mobile networks | SK Telecom, KT, LG U+; about 10.49 million MVNO phone lines from 59 operators (June 2026) | All three networks are on ours, and MVNOs run on the same three, so mobile traffic looks like an ordinary local subscriber. |
Sources: Ministry of the Interior and Safety (resident registration population, Statistical Yearbook 2026; local administration); Bank of Korea (currency); Ministry of Science and ICT (2025 Survey on the Internet Usage; wireless subscriber statistics, June 2026); Ministry of Data and Statistics, formerly Statistics Korea (Online Shopping Trends, 2025).
What our South Korea proxy coverage actually reaches
Read from the live API, not a brochure
Most providers list South Korea as a single checkbox. Here you can run a proxy Korea-wide or pin a session to the province, city, district and network your target cares about, using today’s targeting from the same API our dashboard uses.
All 17 provinces and metropolitan cities
The API returns all 17 first-level areas: Seoul, the six metropolitan cities, Sejong, the six provinces, and Jeju, Gangwon and Jeonbuk, which are special self-governing provinces. Gangwon took the name Gangwon State in 2023 and North Jeolla became Jeonbuk State in 2024.
172 targetable locations
Coverage goes well beyond Seoul and Busan: cities, rural counties (gun) and individual districts (gu), including 23 of Seoul’s 25 districts, such as Gangnam, Mapo and Jongno, and Busan districts such as Haeundae. Here are 72 of them:
Mobile carriers
South Korea has three mobile network operators, and all three are in our mobile pool, so no major network is missing. MVNO (알뜰폰) brands rent capacity on these three networks, so they are not listed as separate carriers.
Fixed-line ISPs
More than 15 Korean ISPs and cable networks can be targeted by name. The big three broadband providers are covered: KT, SK Broadband and LG U+. Cable operators fill in the rest, including LG HelloVision, D’LIVE, HCN in North Chungcheong and Seoul’s Dongjak district, CMB in Daejeon, Gwangju and Dongdaemun, KCTV Jeju, JCN Ulsan Jung-ang Broadcasting, Seokyung Cable TV in South Gyeongsang and Namincheon Broadcasting in Incheon. University networks such as Korea University, Yonsei and Hanyang are listed too.
Why the long tail matters. Anti-bot systems look at which network a request comes from, and a pool built on two or three national ISPs is easy to rate-limit. Mixing KT fibre in Seoul with cable lines in Ulsan, Daejeon and Jeju makes traffic look like ordinary Korean households.
What teams use Korean proxies for
Common workloads on our Korean network
E-commerce price monitoring
Track prices, coupons and stock on Coupang (쿠팡), Gmarket and 11st (11번가), and compare them on Danawa (다나와), exactly as Korean shoppers see them, in won.
SEO & SERP tracking
Check rankings, ads and search features on Naver (네이버), Daum and Google.co.kr from Seoul, Busan or Daegu, instead of one generic location.
Ad verification & localisation QA
Confirm campaigns aimed at Korea run on the placements you paid for across Naver and Kakao services, and that Hangul landing pages, fonts and checkout flows render correctly.
Marketplace & resale research
Monitor public listings and asking prices on Danggeun (당근), where second-hand listings are organised by neighbourhood, and on 11st and Gmarket, without CAPTCHAs skewing the sample.
Property, delivery & local services
Collect rental and sale listings from Zigbang and Naver’s real estate service, and menus and delivery fees from Baemin (배달의민족), district by district.
AI & Korean-language data
Gather public Korean-language text, product data and reviews for training and evaluation datasets, spread across real local networks.
South Korea proxy pricing
Rotating residential — all Korean targeting included
Prices are the same for South Korea as everywhere else. Province, city, ZIP, ISP, ASN and OS fingerprint targeting cost nothing extra, and unused bandwidth rolls over.
| Plan | Data | Price per GB | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pay As You Go | 1 GB | $3.50 | Buy | |
| Starter | 7 GB | $20 | Buy | |
| Hobby | 28 GB | $75 | Buy | |
| Startup | 60 GB | $150 | Buy | |
| Business | 135 GB | $300 | Buy | |
| Company — best value | 315 GB | $625 | Buy | |
| Corporation | 500 GB | $875 | Buy | |
| Enterprise | 1,000 GB | $1,500 | Buy | |
| Custom | 5 TB+ | From $0.75 | — | Contact us |
Discounted prices use code EMPIRE50 (limited time, rotating residential and mobile only). Mobile and datacenter plans are on the full pricing page.
Static residential IPs in South Korea
South Korea is one of the few countries where we sell static residential proxies. You pay per IP per month instead of per GB, traffic included.
| Static residential | IPs | Price per IP / month | Traffic | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single IP | 1 | $3.50 | Included, 100 GB fair-use cap per IP | Buy |
| Volume — lowest price | 2,000 | $2.00 | Included, 100 GB fair-use cap per IP | Buy |
Volume steps in between are listed on the static residential proxies page.
Residential, mobile, datacenter or static: which Korean proxy do you need?
Match the proxy to the job
| Rotating residential | Rotating mobile | Rotating datacenter | Static residential | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IP source | Korean home fibre and cable | SK Telecom, KT and LG U+ | Korean data centres | Fixed Korean residential IP |
| IP changes | Per request, or sticky sessions | On demand, or sticky sessions | Per request, or sticky sessions | Never: the same IP all month |
| Targeting | Country, province, city, ZIP, ISP, ASN, OS fingerprint | Country, province, city, ZIP, carrier, ASN, OS fingerprint | Country | Country |
| Detection risk | Low: looks like a real household | Lowest: shared by thousands of subscribers | Higher: easy to spot on protected sites | Low: a residential IP with a steady history |
| Price | From $1.50/GB | From $2.00/GB | From $0.35/GB | From $2.00/IP a month |
| Best for | Scraping, price and SERP monitoring | Social media, app testing, strict anti-bot targets | Bulk jobs on lightly protected sites | Account management and logins |
Free South Korea proxy lists vs paid Korean proxies
Why free lists rarely work on Korean sites
A free Korean proxy, a Korea web proxy or a list of free South Korea proxy servers is easy to find, but most entries are open servers already abused by thousands of users. They go offline within hours and are blacklisted by the Korean sites you want to reach.
| Free Korea proxy lists | ProxyEmpire Korean proxies | |
|---|---|---|
| IP source | Open or hijacked servers, mostly data centres | Real Korean homes and SK Telecom, KT and LG U+ SIM cards |
| Uptime | Minutes to hours before an IP disappears | Always-on pool, with rotating, sticky or static IPs |
| Blocks | Usually blacklisted on major Korean sites | Looks like an ordinary local visitor |
| Targeting | Country at best | Province, city, ZIP, ISP, ASN and OS fingerprint |
| Security | Unknown operator can log or alter your traffic | Authenticated access over HTTP(S) or SOCKS5 |
| Cost | Free | From $1.50/GB, with a $1.97 trial |
Get a Korean IP in three steps
From sign-up to first request in minutes
- Start the $1.97 trialCreate an account in the ProxyEmpire dashboard and top up when you need more.
- Choose South KoreaSet the country to South Korea, then narrow by province, city, ZIP, ISP or carrier if you need to.
- Plug it into your toolCopy the endpoint into your scraper, rank tracker, browser or anti-detect profile over HTTP(S) or SOCKS5.
South Korea proxy FAQ
Straight answers
What is a South Korea proxy server (KR proxy)?
A South Korea proxy server, or KR proxy, gives you a Korean proxy IP so websites treat you as a local visitor. A Korea residential proxy goes further: it routes traffic through a real household’s connection on a network like KT or SK Broadband, not a data centre.
Can I target specific Korean cities, provinces or ISPs?
Yes. You can target all 17 provinces and metropolitan cities, 172 locations down to district level, and more than 15 ISPs and cable networks, from KT and SK Broadband to regional cable operators. Residential and mobile also support ZIP, ASN and OS fingerprint targeting. Datacenter and static are country-level.
Do you offer Korea mobile proxies?
Yes, on all three national networks: SK Telecom, KT and LG U+. A Korea mobile proxy uses IPs shared by many real subscribers, which makes it among the hardest traffic for websites to block.
Do you have Korean datacenter proxies?
Yes. Rotating datacenter proxies with Korean IPs start at $25 for 40 GB, down to $0.35/GB on larger plans. They are country-level and suit high-volume work on lightly protected sites.
Do you sell static residential IPs in South Korea?
Yes. You get a dedicated Korean residential IP that stays the same all month, from $3.50 for one IP down to $2.00 per IP at 2,000 IPs, traffic included under a 100 GB fair-use cap.
How much do South Korea proxies cost?
Rotating residential starts at $1.50/GB on larger plans, rotating mobile at $2.00/GB and rotating datacenter at $0.35/GB. Static residential runs $3.50 for one IP down to $2.00 per IP a month. Korean targeting is free, and you can start with a $1.97 trial.
Can I keep the same Korean IP?
Yes. Rotating residential, mobile and datacenter all support sticky sessions, which hold the same Korean IP across requests. For a permanently fixed IP, use static residential.
Which protocols and tools are supported?
HTTP, HTTPS and SOCKS5. The proxies work with any scraper, rank tracker, headless browser, anti-detect browser or HTTP library, and there is no limit on concurrent sessions.
Is there a free Korean proxy that actually works?
For a one-off look at a page, a free Korean proxy sometimes works. For regular work, no: free proxies are slow, shared, often blocked on Naver and Coupang, and you cannot choose the city or network. The cheapest honest option is our $1.97 trial, which gives you clean, authenticated Korean IPs.
Is using a proxy legal in South Korea?
Proxies themselves are a standard business tool in South Korea. What matters is how you use them: respect each site’s terms of service, and follow the Personal Information Protection Act when you collect personal data.
Proxies in South Korea’s neighbouring countries
Cover East Asia from one account
The same account, bandwidth and targeting work across East Asia, so you can compare prices, rankings and ads across borders without changing providers.
Elsewhere in the region: Philippines, Vietnam and Singapore (static IPs available) — or browse all locations. Comparing providers? Read our guide to the best Korean proxy services.
Start browsing from South Korea today
Real Korean home, mobile and static IPs, with province, city and ISP targeting included, bandwidth that rolls over and 24/7 support from real people. Try it for $1.97.
