It’s an everything app suite with single sign-on:
KakaoTalk, KakaoTaxi, KakaoBank even (bank obvs not for foreigners without local ID numbers).
The Kakao Metro map app is the best of its class too.
KakaoTalk, KakaoTaxi, KakaoBank even (bank obvs not for foreigners without local ID numbers).
The Kakao Metro map app is the best of its class too.
Suffice it to say: for foreigners without a Korean ID number it’s a definite no and with a Korean ID it’s a likely no.
And good news: they’re not called “ARCs” anymore. No more “Alien Registration Card” extraterrestrial stigma. Now it’s just the regular stigma.
However, I have yet to read that any of the online banks have changed their procedure to take advantage of these changed regulations.