Public Relations
You are invited to take a look at images of the nation’s proud Korea Tourist Police, and see how essential and helpful the tourist police is.
For Your Information
In accordance with the implementation of the [Guideline on integrating the civil petition service of administrative agencies], all petitions are integrated into the Portal for Civil Petitions to the Police.
To file a petition, including making various reports and providing information, please use the [Report / provide information on crime on e-People] section in the Portal for Civil Petitions to the Police.
Thank you. Access the Portal for Civil Petitions to the Police
To file a petition, including making various reports and providing information, please use the [Report / provide information on crime on e-People] section in the Portal for Civil Petitions to the Police.
Thank you. Access the Portal for Civil Petitions to the Police
FAQs
Frequently asked questions are organized and posted here.
Who are eligible to become tourist police officers and what skills are needed?
- - Any police officer affiliated with the Seoul, Busan, or Incheon Metropolitan Police Agency can become a tourist police officer, but he/she needs to have a certain level of foreign language conversation skills since tourist police officers directly come into contact with foreign tourists.
- - Detailed requirements for selection are different among the metropolitan police agencies, but an interview is commonly conducted to evaluate a police officer’s foreign language skills when tourist police officers are selected.
How are tourist police officers hired?
Dial 1330 to call the Korea Tourist Police.
- 1. Dial 1330 and choose a language.
- 2. When you are connected to the respective language’s interpreter, ask for the Korea Tourist Police.
Operated by the Korea Tourism Organization, the 1330 Korea Travel Hotline provides a wide array of tourism services.
- Tourism Information
- Tourist site information
- Transportation information
- Lodging information
- Tourism Information
- From shopping centers
- From the subway - bus – taxi
- From a lodging facility