East Asia
🇰🇷 South Korea
Seoul delivers ultra-fast internet, 24-hour city energy, and world-class transit, workcation-style visas open a legal remote-work path for qualifying nationalities at a higher income bar than most Asian options.
Visa route
Scheme
Workcation / remote-work visitor tracks
Maximum stay
Typically up to 1–2 years depending on program & nationality
Income or savings
Often high (~USD $65k+ equivalent on workcation-style tracks)
Difficulty
Moderate
Summary figures carried over from the earlier site and not individually dated. The audited, sourced version is in the tracker: Workation (Digital Nomad) Visa F-1-D (checked 29 Sept 2026).
Full guide: South Korea Workcation Visa: Remote Work in Seoul
Cities in South Korea
Figures are planning estimates. Method
