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Bulk SMS to South Korea

Bulk SMS to South Korea from $0.00265 per message

Seoul and Busan are South Korea's economic hubs, with industries like retail, logistics, and education relying on large customer lists for communication. Businesses, schools, and government agencies use bulk SMS to send alerts and updates to recipients. High-volume moments include university exam result announcements, seasonal sales promotions, and public transport schedule changes. Per-message pricing is ideal for managing frequent alerts to large, diverse audiences across urban and rural areas.

  • 15,094 messages for a $40 top-up, credit that never expires
  • Numbers start +82; local formats accepted with a default country
  • Failed messages refunded to credit automatically
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Text Message

Your parcel 48213 arrives tomorrow between 10:00 and 12:00. Track it with the link in your order email.

South Korea, +82

$0.00265

per SMS segment, USD

1,000 SMS
$2.65
10,000 SMS
$26.50
100,000 SMS
$265.00

Bulk SMS cost to South Korea by volume

The price per segment stays $0.00265 at every volume. A segment is 160 plain characters or 70 Unicode characters; longer texts are billed per part.

Messages1 segment2 segments
1,000$2.65$5.30
10,000$26.50$53.00
50,000$132.50$265.00
100,000$265.00$530.00
250,000$662.50$1,325.00

Price your own list to South Korea

Destination

10,000 messages to South Korea, 1 segment each

$26.50

$0.00265 per segment. Failed messages are refunded to credit.

A $40 top-up covers this campaign, with +10% extra on a first top-up.

Top up $40

15,094

messages to South Korea

First top-up: 16,603 with +10% bonus credit

Top up $100

37,735

messages to South Korea

First top-up: 45,283 with +20% bonus credit

Top up $500

188,679

messages to South Korea

First top-up: 254,716 with +35% bonus credit

Top up $1,000

377,358

messages to South Korea

First top-up: 528,301 with +40% bonus credit

Number format for South Korea

Mobiles in South Korea carry 10 digits after +82. Locally they are written with a leading 0, like 010-2000-0000; with South Korea as the default country the console reads that as +82 10 2000 0000, so local and international forms end up as the same recipient.

+82 10 2000 0000

Alphabet and message length

Korean is written in Hangul script, which SMS carries as Unicode: 70 characters fit one segment and each part of a longer text holds 67. An English or Latin-letter version of the same notice fits 160 characters per segment, so bilingual senders often run two short campaigns instead of one long one.

Local time in South Korea

South Korea keeps UTC+9 all year, with no clock change. A 09:00 start in Seoul is 00:00 UTC; the console shows both times when you schedule.

Who sends bulk SMS to South Korea

Exam result alerts

Universities in Seoul and Busan notify students of exam results and enrollment deadlines via SMS.

Retail promotions

Major retailers announce seasonal sales and discounts to customers in Seoul and other cities.

Transport updates

Public transport authorities send schedule changes and delays to commuters in Busan and surrounding areas.

Questions about bulk SMS to South Korea

How much does bulk SMS to South Korea cost?
Each SMS segment to South Korea costs $0.00265. A plain message of up to 160 characters is one segment, so 10,000 messages cost $26.50. Longer or Unicode texts use more segments, and the console shows the exact total before you send.
Are failed messages to South Korea refunded?
Yes. When the network reports a message as failed, its price returns to your credit automatically and appears as a refund line on your ledger. Numbers the console leaves out before sending, such as duplicates or invalid formats, are never charged.
How many messages to South Korea does a $40 top-up buy?
$40 buys 15,094 single-segment messages to South Korea. A first top-up adds +10% bonus credit, which raises that to 16,603. Credit never expires and works for every destination.
Should we use Korean or English for SMS campaigns?
Korean is preferred for most campaigns, but English can be used for international audiences or specific industries like tourism.
Are there peak times for sending messages?
Messages are best sent during working hours or early evenings, as recipients may be occupied with family gatherings during national holidays like Chuseok.

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