SEOUL Retirement Guide: What you NEED to Know about South Korea's Capital 

What an interesting video! As a native South Korean, I really recommend people with the age of retirement to come to Korea. The most practically advantageous point of living in South Korea is well-organized infrastructure which is ready to provide service for you nearly 24 hours and mind-boggling health insurance & hospital services. Even though a lot of local people will rant about stressful & working culture, if you exclude this negativity wisely, you can "practically" enjoy this country so much. I hope you continue your roseate journey in my country!

I'm in my 50's and work just outside of Seoul. I plan on retiring here, I absolutely love it. Since I'm single, feeling safe no matter what time of day or night I'm out is incredible.

I spent a year there in the Army, and then another four years teaching ESL in Seoul, starting in 89. I've visited since and the country as a whole has grown so much. I really enjoyed living there and I had a really good time returning with my two adult daughters recently, so I have been floating the idea of moving back periodically over the last few years. For cost of living, it honestly looks like Korea is pretty "average" as far as cost of living and it's actually up to about 30% less expensive for my personal case if I'm willing to live in the suburbs where I can stretch my rent into a little more space. Thanks for that brief overview of the visa process, and I'm considering spring-boarding off of the new "digital nomad" visa. I still have several years before I'm ready to actually retire, but my job is 100% remote-capable and my income would be a solid point spread in my favor there (I think). Plus, while I'm not fluent, I definitely have solid "survival Korean" under my belt, so that should be worth a few points and I'm actually considering boning up for the TOPIK test while I'm gearing up to consider the move seriously.

Long-term Visas are certainly not easy to obtain in Korea and most have some type of conditional requirement. For example: Being married to an ethnic Korean with US Citizenship (F4 Visa) will get the spouse an F2 Visa. If the sponsor (ethnic Korean spouse) dies, the F2 Visa holder has ninety days to leave the country. The system is so complicated that one needs an immigration lawyer to successfully navigate the system since it is always subject to an abrupt change. A retirement visa would be great, but it does not exist in Korea.

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Nice video

Restaurant experience is 100 times better than in the USA. The wait staff is way more pleasant and attentive. There is NO tipping at all. The delivery (of anything) system is probably the best in the world. Living in Korea for a retired foreigner with little bit of money, is utopia compared to the Democratic ran sh*thole USA. Nice video, thanks for making it.

Cool video, do people staying on long term visa have to pay Korean taxes on international income?

The alley at 9:50 is in Japan. Not South Korea. Why?

as an expat working & living here... working culture is NOT easy...

Since when does Korea have Lawsons?

Pros - Clean..Incredibly safe...Super fast internet everywhere..Great medical system Cons - Language/Culture...crowds...air quality

Yes but definitely not in a oriental country. Or India or Middle East.