Finding PC rooms

When you first arrive in Korea your apartment won't have an internet connection. If you are super lucky one of your neighbors might have an unlocked wireless internet connection. If not, you have to wait until you have your Alien Resident Card (ARC) in order to get your internet account established. I had to wait 24 days.

The good news is that Korea is littered with PC rooms. Once you know how to look for them they are really easy to find. In Yeonggwang internet access is 1,000 Won per hour.

Most PC rooms are located on the 2nd floor (not the street level). Just look around for signs that say PC on them. Also, many are open 24-hours so that Korean teenagers can play their video games. Some PC rooms will give you a code to their wireless signal if you want to use your own laptop.

You don't need to speak any Korean to use a PC room. Just hand the desk clerk a 1,000 Won note. You can gesture that you need help logging in or write 'please help me' on a piece of paper. They know the drill and they will come help you log on.

Here's a PC room in Yeonggwang. Just look for PC on the signs.


If you start typing and you're getting Hongul characters just press the button immediately to the right of the space bar (between the space bar and the Alt button) to switch the keyboard to English characters.