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Why Your Card Keeps Getting Declined on Korean Websites

The card works everywhere else. It worked at your hotel this morning. Then a Korean checkout rejects it with a message that explains nothing — and usually the card was never the problem.

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Real Requests

Korean Shopping Sites, Ranked: Who Ships Worldwide, Who Blocks You at Checkout

Some Korean shops post worldwide. Some post nowhere. And some run a separate "global" storefront that quietly sells a smaller, pricier catalogue than the Korean one. Here is the whole landscape in five tiers, with the numbers.

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Seoul Travel Tips

Can Foreigners Use Coupang in Korea? What Actually Works

Yes, but sign-up and checkout are where it breaks. What fails on a foreign number and a foreign card, the three routes that work on a short trip, and how hotel delivery in Seoul and Busan actually goes.

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