# English-speaking Korean lawyer for legal matters in Korea English-speaking Korean attorney Sanghyun Cho. F-1-D visa legal review and Korean property support for overseas owners. Consult remotely or in Seoul. Sanghyun Cho previously served in the Office of the President and Ministry of Economy and Finance, and practiced at Kim & Chang. ## English legal support - [Korean Property Tax Manager for Overseas Owners — USD 600/year](https://chosanghyun.com/en/services/korean-property-tax-manager): A Korean attorney acts as your registered local tax manager (납세관리인, also called a tax representative): receives property-tax notices, sends them to you in English, confirms payment and keeps receipts. USD 600 a year. - [Korea Digital Nomad Visa: Legal Review in English](https://chosanghyun.com/en/services/digital-nomad-visa): Review your F-1-D work structure, industry experience, income evidence and in-country change-of-status questions with a Korean attorney. - [Korean Property Records and Legal Support for Overseas Owners](https://chosanghyun.com/en/services/korean-property-for-overseas-owners): English legal support to identify Korean land, review ownership records and shares, and plan tax-notice and power-of-attorney arrangements from abroad. Begin by email, arrange a video consultation and agree the documents, scope and fee before work starts. ## Guides - [Korea Digital Nomad Visa (F-1-D): Requirements, Income Tiers and How to Apply (2026)](https://chosanghyun.com/en/guide/korea-digital-nomad-visa-f-1-d): F-1-D income tiers, overseas business owners, the one-year industry requirement and changing status inside Korea, explained by a Korean attorney. - [How to Check Family-Owned Land in Korea from Abroad](https://chosanghyun.com/en/guide/check-family-owned-land-korea-from-abroad): A practical sequence for finding Korean parcels, checking title and shares, and arranging authority to request records while overseas. - [Korean Property Tax Notices While Living Overseas](https://chosanghyun.com/en/guide/korean-property-tax-notices-overseas): How to organise Korean property-tax notices, identify the responsible local authority and check delivery and payment information from abroad. - [Appointing a Korean Tax Manager (납세관리인) for Property You Own from Abroad](https://chosanghyun.com/en/guide/korean-tax-representative-overseas-owner): Why Korean tax law expects a non-resident owner to name a tax manager, what the appointment does to property-tax notices, how it is filed, and how it differs from a power of attorney. - [Your Korean Title Still Shows Your Old Resident Registration Number: What Changes After Naturalisation](https://chosanghyun.com/en/guide/korean-property-title-after-naturalization): How the Korean register identifies an owner, what happens to that record when you take another citizenship or move abroad, and what to put in order before a sale or an inheritance. - [F-1-D One Year in the Same Industry: Proving It When Your Business Is New or Your Career Has Changed](https://chosanghyun.com/en/guide/f-1-d-one-year-same-industry): How the one-year industry requirement is described in official F-1-D guidance, the four situations that cause trouble, and the evidence that connects your past work to what you will do in Korea. - [How to Sell Property in Korea from Abroad: Power of Attorney, Seal Certificates and Non-Resident Tax](https://chosanghyun.com/en/guide/sell-korean-property-from-abroad): Selling Korean property while living overseas: signing through an agent, the seal-certificate route for your nationality, non-resident capital gains tax and withholding, permit zones and sending the proceeds abroad. - [Inherited Debt in Korea: Renouncing or Limiting an Inheritance from Abroad and the 3-Month Rule](https://chosanghyun.com/en/guide/korean-inheritance-debt-renounce-from-abroad): Can you inherit debt in Korea? When the three-month renunciation period starts for heirs overseas, how to file from abroad, what happens to the next heirs, and what remains if the deadline has passed. - [Key Money in Korea (권리금): Is It Refundable, and How Does the Law Protect It?](https://chosanghyun.com/en/guide/key-money-korea): What “key money” means in Korea, how commercial key money differs from a rental deposit, who pays it to whom, and how the law protects a business tenant’s chance to recover it from the next tenant. - [Landlord Blocking Your Key Money in Korea: New Tenant, Refusal and Damages](https://chosanghyun.com/en/guide/korea-landlord-blocks-new-tenant-key-money): Your Korean landlord is blocking the sale of your business? What counts as obstruction, the grounds a landlord can rely on, the evidence you need, the damages cap and the three-year limitation period. - [Korea’s Commercial Building Lease Protection Act: 10-Year Renewal Right and 5% Rent Cap](https://chosanghyun.com/en/guide/korea-commercial-lease-renewal-rent-increase): Which commercial leases the Act covers, how to demand renewal, the grounds on which a landlord can refuse, the 5% ceiling on rent increases and its limits, and the 2026 management-fee rule. - [Commercial Lease in Korea for Foreign Business Owners: What to Check Before You Sign](https://chosanghyun.com/en/guide/commercial-lease-korea-foreign-business-owner): Before you sign for a shop, restaurant or office in Korea: business registration, protection against a new owner, the fixed date, buying an existing business, and the restoration and trade clauses. - [Asked to Resign in Korea (권고사직): What to Check Before You Sign](https://chosanghyun.com/en/guide/asked-to-resign-korea): What a recommended resignation means under Korean law, what you are owed either way, and how what you sign affects later claims, benefits and immigration. - [Korean Separation Agreements: 10 Clauses to Check Before Signing](https://chosanghyun.com/en/guide/korea-separation-agreement-review): How the release, reason for leaving, payment, non-compete and confidentiality clauses in a Korean separation agreement work, and what to ask to change before signing. - [Severance Pay in Korea: Calculation, Bonuses and Deadlines](https://chosanghyun.com/en/guide/korea-severance-pay): How Korean statutory severance is calculated, which bonuses count after the 2026 Supreme Court rulings, the 14-day deadline, 20% interest and payment when you leave Korea. - [Unfair Dismissal in Korea: Labor Relations Commission Claims and Deadlines](https://chosanghyun.com/en/guide/unfair-dismissal-korea): How to challenge a dismissal in Korea: the three-month deadline, applying to the Labor Relations Commission, what counts as just cause, remedies and appeal deadlines. - [Unemployment Benefits in Korea for Foreigners (2026)](https://chosanghyun.com/en/guide/korea-unemployment-benefits-foreigners): Which foreign residents are covered by Korean employment insurance, the 180-day rule, 2026 benefit amounts, how the reason for leaving is judged, and immigration considerations. - [Workers' Compensation in Korea: Benefits, Deadlines and Suing Your Employer](https://chosanghyun.com/en/guide/workers-compensation-korea): How Korea's industrial accident compensation insurance works for employees, including foreign workers: what COMWEL pays, claim and appeal deadlines, and when you can also sue the employer. - [Injured at Work in Korea? Suing Your Employer After Workers' Compensation](https://chosanghyun.com/en/guide/sue-employer-work-injury-korea): When an injured worker in Korea can claim damages from the employer on top of workers' compensation: fault, lost earnings, pain and suffering, the 2025 Supreme Court deduction rule and settlements. Email: info@sanghyunlaw.com Phone: +82-2-6952-5510 Address: 2F, 185-1 Hangang-daero, Yongsan-gu, Seoul 04375, Republic of Korea Hours: Mon – Fri, 10:00 – 18:00 (KST). Visits by appointment. [Request a consultation](https://chosanghyun.com/en/consult) Canonical: https://chosanghyun.com/en [Services](https://chosanghyun.com/en/services) · [Guides](https://chosanghyun.com/en/guide) · [Attorney](https://chosanghyun.com/en/about)