Korean phrases for concert day (venue, merch line, taxi, food)

Drop a word into one of these three patterns and you can handle most situations. The "-yo" ending is the polite form, so it is fine with staff and shop workers.

For the ID check, visitors from abroad normally show their original passport. Many shows do not accept copies or photos; see the ID check guide.

Collecting your ticket at the venue is called 현장수령 (hyeon-jang-su-ryeong, on-site pickup). Korean ticket sites sometimes add "(현장수령)" after the seat type (seat map labels). Pickup times and what to bring differ by show, so check the notice.

Official merchandise is written "MD" or 공식 상품 (official goods) in Korean notices. In 2026 Weverse notices, XIA's KSPO DOME concert was titled "OFFICIAL MD 현장 수령 및 판매 안내" (pickup and on-site sale), and TXT's MOA CON "공식 상품 현장 판매". Collecting pre-ordered merch is also called 현장 수령. How you buy and pay differs by show (buying merch).

Stations get crowded after a show and some lines finish early. Leave-by times for each venue are in last trains after concerts.

Showing the destination works better than saying it. Copy the Korean address from your hotel booking or a map app, put it on your screen and say 이 주소로 가 주세요. To go to a station, put its name in front of 역으로 가 주세요 (yeo-geu-ro ga ju-se-yo).

For calling a taxi by app, see taxi apps compared.

Some dishes cannot be made less spicy. How to find places open late is in where to eat after the show.

So the app still works when you have no signal, download Korean over Wi-Fi before you leave.

Google Translate (camera works offline too)

According to Google's help pages, once a language is downloaded you can translate without an internet connection, and camera translation works offline too. On iPhone, Google says to download both the source and the target language (Korean and English) to use the camera offline.

• Connect to Wi-Fi and open the Translate app
• Tap a language: at the bottom of the screen on Android, at the top left or right on iPhone
• Tap the download icon next to Korean, and tap Download if asked to confirm
• Download English the same way. Saved languages show a "Downloaded" icon

Papago (offline: text and voice only)

Papago's help page says that with the offline language pack you can use text and voice translation without a connection. Image (camera), conversation, website and document translation do not work offline. Offline translation covers only Korean, English, Japanese and Simplified Chinese, on devices with at least 4 GB of RAM. On Android, offline voice translation also needs the separate voice pack and Android 14 or later.

Use Google Translate for menus and signs through the camera and Papago for conversation; having both is the safe option.

The chants fans shout together during songs, such as the members' names, are called 응원법 (eung-won-beop) in Korean. They differ by artist and by song, so this page does not list any. If you want to learn them, go by what the artist's official channels publish.