In Korea, call 112 for urgent police help, such as crime or threats to personal safety. Call 119 for fire, ambulance or rescue emergencies. Korea's Ministry of the Interior and Safety identifies 112 and 119 as emergency numbers and 110 as a non-emergency government inquiry service. The Korea Tourism Organization's 1330 helpline is for non-emergency visitor information and travel-language assistance, not emergency dispatch.
If you cannot explain the situation in Korean, say 'English please' or 'Interpreter please' after the emergency call connects. KTO's visitor-safety page describes access to a professional interpreter. Tell the responder (1) your precise location—address, nearby building, floor, exit or phone GPS, (2) what happened, (3) the number of injured or endangered people, and (4) how to call you back. Use nearby signs or a map to help identify your location.
KTO's 2025 safety article also describes the Baro Emergency Reporting app, with multilingual text/icon reporting including English, Chinese, Japanese, Vietnamese and Filipino, and the Emergency Ready app, which offers multilingual disaster instructions but has offline-mode limitations and is not a live hospital finder in that article. App versions and supported functions may change; confirm them at the official app store. If danger is immediate, call 112 or 119 before trying to install an app.