city-seoul
Seoul
KT, SK Broadband and LG U+ homes; Naver Place, Kakao Map and Seoul-targeted ads.
Country code kr · home broadband IPs in South Korea
South Korea residential proxies
IP addresses of Korean home internet connections, for checking Naver, Daum, Google Korea, Coupang and Danawa the way people in Korea see them. No KYC — no ID, no selfie, no documents. Pay in crypto.
Quick answer
Where can I buy South Korean residential IPs to check Naver and Google from Korea?
JapanProxies sells South Korean residential IPs for checking Naver, Daum, Google Korea and Coupang as local searchers and shoppers see them: home internet connections in Korea, chosen with -country-kr in the username. As of October 2026, 1 GB costs $2.62 and every plan from 100 GB costs $0.50/GB, paid in USDT, BTC, ETH or USDC with no KYC. Add -city-seoul or -city-busan to target a city; city availability varies.
South Korea residential proxies: key facts
| Country code | kr — username USERNAME-country-kr |
|---|---|
| IP type | Residential: addresses of home internet connections in South Korea |
| Targeting | Country (kr) and city, such as -city-seoul (availability varies); ASN at no extra cost |
| Sessions | Rotating or sticky (up to 30 minutes) |
| Protocols | HTTP, HTTPS (CONNECT) and SOCKS5 |
| Price | $2.62 for 1 GB · $6.60 for 10 GB · $0.50/GB from 100 GB |
| Traffic expiry | Prepaid residential traffic never expires: unused GB stay on your account until you use them |
| Payment | BTC, USDT, USDC, ETH, SOL, LTC, from $25; no KYC |
Can I target a city in South Korea?
Any Korean city can be requested with -city-NAME after -country-kr; city availability varies, and the checkout shows what is online. Two cities have their own page:
city-busan
Busan
Local listings and regional campaigns outside the Seoul area, from the same three operators.
Why do checks in South Korea need a Korean IP?
South Korea has its own search and shopping ecosystem. Naver, the country's largest portal, builds its result page from sections such as Naver Blog, Naver Café, news, shopping and web documents, with its own search ads. Daum, run since December 2025 by AXZ, a company spun off from Kakao, does the same with its own sources. Google Korea and Coupang complete the picture.
All of them adapt what they show to people in Korea: Korean-language content, prices in won, delivery promises and local ads. A Korean residential IP shows you that local page, so you can check your brand's visibility in Korea from wherever your team works.
Which networks do Korean residential IPs come from?
Home broadband in South Korea is supplied mainly by three operators: KT, SK Broadband and LG U+, with fast fibre connections in most cities. Cable operators serve a smaller share of homes.
A Korean exit IP belongs to the operator that serves the home behind it. You can add a city (-city-seoul, -city-busan) or an operator's ASN, such as -asn-4766 for KT, at no extra cost; availability varies. JapanProxies does not publish a breakdown of its Korean IPs by network. SK Telecom, KT and LG U+ are also mobile carriers; dedicated 4G/5G ports are a separate product.
What can I check with a Korean residential IP?
- Naver visibility. Where your brand, blog posts or products appear in Naver's sections for Korean keywords.
- Google and Daum rankings. Your pages on Google Korea and Daum, which often show different sources from Naver.
- Public prices. Your products on Coupang and the shop prices on Danawa.
- Ads. Whether your Naver, Kakao or Google campaigns in Korea show the right text and landing page; see ad verification.
Keep to public pages, signed out, at a human pace. Our acceptable use policy applies to every check.
Korean sites with a dedicated check guide
South Korea
How much does a South Korea residential proxy cost?
As of October 2026, a Korean residential proxy at JapanProxies costs $2.62 for 1 GB, $6.60 for 10 GB and $0.50/GB from 100 GB, the same as in Japan, Taiwan and Hong Kong.
The six providers in AIMultiple's September 2026 Korea comparison table (it benchmarked four of them: Oxylabs, Webshare, NodeMaven and Apify) listed $4.00 to $8.00 per GB. On 13 October 2026 their own pricing pages showed, for example, Decodo at $4.00 for 1 GB pay-as-you-go and Oxylabs from $6.00/GB on a $30 monthly plan. DataImpulse lists $1.00/GB from a $50 minimum. Prices change often: check each provider's page.
Plans for South Korea residential proxies
Test
1 GB
$2.62
$2.62/GB
- Check your own targets first
- All four countries
- Traffic never expires
Light
5 GB
$4.95
$0.99/GB
- Occasional rank and ad checks
- All four countries
- Traffic never expires
Standard
10 GB
$6.60
$0.66/GB
- Weekly checks for one market
- All four countries
- Traffic never expires
Team
50 GB
$26
$0.52/GB
- Daily checks across several markets
- All four countries
- Traffic never expires
Best rate
Agency
100 GB
$50
$0.50/GB
- Several clients or brands
- All four countries
- Traffic never expires
In every plan: Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and Hong Kong · Rotating and sticky sessions · HTTP, HTTPS and SOCKS5 · Traffic never expires
Seller: ProxyGoat LLC (USA)
Exact amount and address on the payment page
Plans credited back within 72 h (under 20% and 1 GB used)
How do I set up a Korean residential proxy?
- Copy your username and password from the dashboard after you buy a plan.
- Add
-country-krto the username, and-session-ID-ttl-30if one check must keep one IP. - Connect to
gw.japanproxies.comon port 7777 (HTTP/HTTPS) or 7778 (SOCKS5). - Send
Accept-Language: ko-KR,ko;q=0.9to get Korean pages, and confirm the exit country with an IP-check page first.
More examples in the setup guide.
# Confirm the exit country (expect "country": "KR")
curl -x http://USERNAME-country-kr-session-kr001-ttl-30:[email protected]:7777 https://ipinfo.io/json
# Then open Naver by hand in a browser set to the same proxy and session
# (Firefox steps in /guides/setup/): search.naver.com disallows all robots.How do buyers in Korea pay with crypto?
JapanProxies accepts BTC, USDT, USDC, ETH, SOL, LTC, from $25. Korean exchanges work with real-name bank accounts and apply the travel rule to withdrawals. They usually ask you to register and verify the destination address before a withdrawal.
Payments abroad are also reported. Under a proposed amendment to the foreign exchange rules, planned to apply from 3 December 2026, Korean providers report cross-border transfers of virtual assets, including transfers to private wallets, to the Bank of Korea. A payment to JapanProxies is a payment to ProxyGoat LLC, a US company. Pay from an account in your own name, follow your exchange's checks and keep your records. Never split a payment to stay under a threshold. Details: paying with crypto from East Asia.
Is it legal to use a residential proxy in South Korea?
We found no Korean law that makes using a proxy an offence in itself; the laws that matter apply to what you do:
- The Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA) covers the collection and use of personal information of people in Korea.
- The Network Act (Act on Promotion of Information and Communications Network Utilization and Information Protection) prohibits entering a network without authority or beyond the access you were given.
- Site terms, such as Naver's or Coupang's, still apply to your visits.
This is general information, not legal advice. Sources are in our guide to proxy rules in East Asia.
South Korea residential proxies: FAQ
Can I choose Seoul or Busan?
JapanProxies offers city targeting in South Korea on every plan: add -city-seoul or -city-busan after -country-kr in the username. You get an IP in that city when the pool has one online there; city availability varies, and Naver and Google may still infer a nearby area. See the Seoul and Busan pages.
Is a Korean residential IP enough to see Naver as a local user?
A Korean residential IP gives the signed-out, nationwide Naver view; for a clean check, also use a fresh browser profile and Korean as the preferred language. Naver personalises some sections for signed-in users, so a signed-out check shows the general view.
Can I pay with USDT from a Korean exchange?
JapanProxies accepts USDT on TRC-20 or ERC-20. Send from your exchange account in your own name and follow its travel-rule steps; whether it lets you withdraw to us is the exchange's decision. Under a proposed amendment planned to apply from 3 December 2026, transfers abroad, including to private wallets, are reported to the Bank of Korea.
Do you sell dedicated 4G/5G ports in South Korea?
We sell dedicated 4G/5G ports in South Korea for $5.93 per day or $89.25 per 30 days, listed on the pricing page. For search, price and ad checks, residential traffic is usually enough.
What are Korean residential IPs not for?
Anything our acceptable use policy forbids: fraud, spam, attacks, collecting personal information without a legal basis, or entering systems you are not allowed to use. JapanProxies is for checks of public pages and of your own sites and campaigns.
Why does a Korean IP sometimes appear as Seoul when the home is elsewhere?
Some IP location databases place Korean addresses at the operator's registered location, often in Seoul. The country is usually right, the city often is not. See why a proxy shows the wrong location.
Is there a minimum purchase?
The minimum top-up is $25; the smallest plan is 1 GB for $2.62. Unused balance stays on your account and never expires, but it is not paid back, except where the law requires it.
Sources (5)
- Which Proxy Provider Works Best in Korea? — AIMultiple (2026-09-25)
- Residential proxies pricing decodo.com/proxies/residential-proxies/pricing — Decodo (2026-10-13)
- Residential proxy pool pricing oxylabs.io/pricing/residential-proxy-pool — Oxylabs (2026-10-13)
- Residential proxies pricing dataimpulse.com/residential-proxies — DataImpulse (2026-10-13)
- Report on cross-border virtual asset transfers to the Bank of Korea from 3 December 2026 — Herald Business (2026-10-07)
Check Korean pages from a Korean home connection
1 GB for $2.62, paid in crypto, no KYC. Traffic never expires.