Who we are
About Koriway
Plain-English guides to Korean beauty and everyday life in Korea. Koriway is an independent English-language guide for people who are curious about Korea. We help you understand Korean beauty products and handle everyday situations in Korea, from your first subway ride to reading a lip tint review.
Who writes it
Koriway is written by Ari, a Korean writer who lives in South Korea. Ari is a pen name. Being Korean and living in Korea allows Ari to read Korean-language sources and explain local context that many English-speaking readers cannot easily reach. We use AI tools to help research, draft and check our guides. Ari is responsible for what is published.
What we cover
- Beauty: K-beauty product guides, shopping tips and how to read Korean reviews.
- Travel: getting around and arriving in Korea.
- Korean: useful words and phrases, with easy pronunciation.
- Food: how to order, eat and enjoy meals in Korea.
- Life: payments, phones, pharmacies and other everyday basics.
New here? Start with our Start Here guide.
How we write our guides
- Practical guides are built from official information and reliable sources. Most of our guides end with a list of those sources and the date they were last reviewed or updated.
- Product guides are based on many published Korean-language reviews. We compare what they agree on and what they do not, and we say clearly when a guide is a summary of those reviews and not our own hands-on test.
- Korean phrases come with the Korean text, an easy sound guide and the English meaning. The sound guide is an approximate help, not an exact pronunciation.
- Photos are chosen to match the topic, and we credit the source where that is required.
Our promise
- We do not pretend to have tried or visited something we have not.
- Koriway has no sponsored posts. If that ever changes, we will label them clearly.
- If we use affiliate links, we will say so, and they will not change what we write.
- When we get something wrong, we fix it.
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