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One inbox, four kinds of messages we love. We read everything that comes through, and we reply to most of it within two business days from Seoul time.
Story ideas
Found a place, custom, or quirk that nobody's written about for foreigners? Tell us. The best ideas come from readers who've actually been to Korea and noticed something the guidebooks missed — the unposted opening hours of a hanok bath, a neighborhood market that closes at 11 a.m., the small-town bus that doesn't show up on Naver Maps. We don't pay for ideas, but we credit contributors when we follow up on them, and we'll send you the published piece before it goes live.
Corrections
If we got something wrong — a name, a price, a custom, a closing day — please flag it. We update articles with a dated correction note, not a quiet edit. Include the URL of the article, the specific sentence or claim you think is incorrect, and a source if you have one (a Naver listing, an official notice, your own photograph with a timestamp). We will respond either with a fix and a thank-you or, if our original was right, with a short explanation of how we sourced it.
Partnerships & press
We're open to partnerships with travel brands, hanok stays, restaurants, and K-culture outlets that fit our editorial standards. We don't do paid placement inside articles. Sponsored content, when we run it, is labeled and structurally distinct (separate sections, clear "Sponsored" tags), and the editorial team retains the final word on tone and accuracy.
Press inquiries about Local Buddy (our sister product) can also reach us here, but we may forward them to the Local Buddy team and copy you on the response.
Reader questions
We try to answer specific reader questions about Korea travel when we have a useful answer. We're not a concierge service, but if your question helps clarify something we should have written about already, you'll often see it become a future article (with credit, if you're ok with that).
How to reach us
Email: designloversko@gmail.com
Response time is usually two business days, often faster. If you're flagging an urgent issue (legal, safety, factual error in a viral piece), put URGENTin the subject line and we'll prioritize it.
What we don't answer
- Generic SEO/link-building pitches.
- Requests to remove neutral or factual content.
- Anything that asks us to write something we don't believe.
- Crypto, gambling, or unregulated supplement promotions.
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