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Pension question, South Korea

Do foreigners get a Korean national pension?

Work a few years in South Korea and 9 per cent of your monthly base income went to the National Pension Service, half from you and half from your employer. A pension needs ten years of coverage; under ten years and nothing is payable monthly.

  • Source: nps.or.kr, moel.go.kr, law.go.kr, read 4 October 2026

What to do next

  1. List each Korean employer and the years you worked there.
  2. Check your nationality and the visa you held while working in Korea.
  3. Run our free check to see which other countries may hold a pension in your name.

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Questions people also ask

Which visas qualify regardless of nationality?

Twenty four social security agreement countries qualify, twenty six more on reciprocity, and E-8, E-9 and H-2 visa periods qualify regardless.

  • Source: nps.or.kr, moel.go.kr, law.go.kr, read 4 October 2026

Do you give advice on what to do?

No. We identify where a pension is likely held and the official route to it, and we name each source with the date we read it. We do not give financial, tax or legal advice.