SMS API for South Korea: bulk SMS to +82 numbers

South Korea, located in East Asia, is home to Seoul, its capital and largest city, and is known for its advanced technology and manufacturing sectors. Software products here include mobile banking apps, e-commerce platforms, and logistics systems. Messages are triggered by events like transaction confirmations, delivery updates, or appointment reminders. SMS is preferred for its universal reach, ensuring messages are read quickly on both smartphones and basic devices.

South Korea

Calling code +82

Per SMS segment
$0.00277
Messages for $100
36,101
Local language
Korean
Encoding
Unicode (UCS-2)

What a bulk SMS send to South Korea costs

Every message is priced at $0.00277 per segment to South Korea. Texts over 160 GSM-7 or 70 Unicode characters are split into segments, so a two-segment text costs twice as much.
Messages1 segment2 segments
1$0.00277$0.00554
1,000$2.77$5.54
10,000$27.70$55.40
100,000$277.00$554.00

Number format in South Korea

Mobile numbers in South Korea have 10 digits after +82. Locally they are written with a leading 0 (010-2000-0000); in the API that 0 is dropped, so the same number goes in the to field as +82 10 2000 0000.

Alphabet and segments

Text in Hangul is always Unicode, so a message to South Korea written in Korean carries 70 characters in one segment and 67 in each part of a longer one. Codes and alerts written in English or plain Latin letters fit 160 characters, which halves the cost of a long notice.

Time zone and timing

South Korea keeps UTC+9 all year with no clock change, so 09:00 in Seoul is always 00:00 UTC. send_at takes UTC or any ISO 8601 offset, and the console scheduler converts from your own time zone.

Send to South Korea with one request

The answer comes back at once with the message id, the country the number was matched to (KR) and the price. A delivered or failed event follows on your webhook, and a failed message is refunded.

For a list, send the same text to up to 10,000 numbers with POST /v1/batches, or a personal text per number in messages.

curl https://bulksmsapi.cc/v1/messages \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $BULKSMSAPI_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"to": "+821020000000", "text": "Your Northwind code is 482913. It expires in 10 minutes."}'

What developers send to South Korea

Common integrations that call the SMS API for recipients in South Korea.

Banking alerts

Banks in Seoul send SMS notifications for account transactions or fraud detection alerts.

Delivery updates

E-commerce platforms notify customers in Busan about the status of their online orders.

Appointment reminders

Clinics in Incheon send reminders for medical appointments or prescription pickups.

Event notifications

Universities in Daegu alert students about exam schedules or campus events.

SMS to South Korea: questions

More answers on accounts, payments and the API are in the FAQ.

How much does it cost to send bulk SMS to South Korea?

Each message segment to South Korea costs $0.00277. A plain text of up to 160 characters is one segment, so 1,000 one-segment messages cost $2.77 and 10,000 cost $27.70. Failed messages are refunded to the balance.

How many SMS to South Korea does a $100 top-up send?

$100 covers about 36,101 one-segment messages to South Korea at $0.00277 each. The first top-up adds a bonus on top, which raises that number. The balance is shared by every country, so the same top-up also pays for messages anywhere else on the list.

How do I write South Korea numbers for the API?

Send them in international format with the plus sign: +82 10 2000 0000 becomes "+821020000000" in the to field. The API also accepts spaces, dashes and a 00 prefix and cleans them, and numbers that cannot be read are listed in set_aside instead of being charged.

Should messages include English translations?

Messages are typically in Korean, but including English can be helpful for international visitors or expatriates.

Are there peak times for sending messages?

Peak times include mornings and evenings when people are commuting or checking their phones frequently.

Start sending to South Korea

Create an account, top up from $40 and send to South Korea at $0.00277 per segment, from the console or with one API call.

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