🇰🇷 South Korea · Corporate Compliance
Annual filings, registered-agent and beneficial-ownership obligations, and the official company registry.
In South Korea, company (commercial) registration sits within the court system: registrations are filed with the registry offices of the courts and are searchable via the Supreme Court's Internet Registry Office (IROS). Companies must register incorporation and key changes (directors, capital, articles) and keep their registration current; tax and other filings are separate.
- Commercial registration sits within the court system; entries are searchable via IROS.
- Register incorporation and key changes (directors, capital, articles).
- Keep registration current; tax and other regulatory filings are handled separately.
Official authorities
- Internet Registry Office (IROS, Supreme Court of Korea)
Official commercial-registration portal.
Official-information aggregation, not legal advice. Always verify on the authority's own site.
Government portals
- Government of Korea — Korea's integrated government portal — policy, administrative services, e-government
- Korea Immigration Service (HiKorea) — Visas, residence status changes, work permits, and alien registration in Korea
- National Tax Service (NTS) — Korean income tax, corporate tax, VAT filing; annual comprehensive tax return for foreigners (May); foreign taxpayer incentive lookup