About Korea Code

What we do

We help foreign visitors plan a real trip to Korea — not by listing every attraction blindly, but by matching travel styles to places that actually fit. Use Travel Codes (STAGE, TASTE, ROOT, HEAL, TRAIL, GLOW, PET, FEST) to filter by what you care about, and the Planner to assemble a shareable itinerary in 60 seconds.

Editor

Editorial policy

Every article on Korea Code is built from trusted public sources — the Korea Tourism Organization (KTO) public APIs, public-agency announcements, and official municipal channels. Place information such as admission fees, parking, opening hours, and event schedules is current as of publication and may change; please verify the latest details through the official channels before visiting.

Images sourced from public datasets are used under the Korea Open Government License (KOGL Type 1, Attribution), with the source attributed where required. Place data is normalized from KTO under the same license.

Full source list: /data-sources

Editorial process

Place pages combine official factual data sourced from KTO — location, hours, fees, contact — with bilingual editorial prose: a "Why go" introduction, quick highlights, and pairing recommendations. Every article is reviewed by the editor against the official source data before publication and dated with a published_at timestamp.

Recommendations are computed by deterministic, human-readable rules — theme fit, regional relevance, crowd-aware adjustments, English content quality — not by black-box AI. Every recommendation card carries a visible reason ("Best for STAGE travelers", "Quieter this week", "Pairs well with nearby market") so you can judge for yourself.

Pages without sufficient editorial depth are intentionally not indexed (noindex), so the public site only exposes content that meets a quality threshold. If you spot an inaccuracy, please let us know via the contact channel below — corrections are reviewed and applied promptly.

How we use AI

We use large language models (currently Google Gemini Flash) as a writing assistant for the "Why go" introductions and quick-highlight bullets on place pages, and for first drafts of region-theme guides. The editor reviews every draft against the official Korea Tourism Organization (KTO) data before publication. We do not use AI to invent facts (prices, hours, awards, contact details) — those come from KTO source data only.

Editor's Columns, Travel Code descriptions, and the editorial direction of the site are written by the editor directly, without AI drafting. Travel Basics and trust pages (About, Privacy, Terms, Disclaimer) are also editor-written. The recommendation engine itself does not use AI — it runs on deterministic, human-readable rules.

We disclose this so you know how the content was produced. If a specific page reads like it lacks editor oversight or contains an error, the contact link below is the fastest way to flag it.

Principles

• English-first interface for foreign visitors. Korean-language content is supported as a parallel track, not a fallback.
• Recommendations are explainable — every suggestion shows why (e.g., "Best for STAGE travelers", "Quieter this week").
• No black-box AI itinerary generation. The Planner uses deterministic rules — you can see why each stop was chosen.
• Login is not required. Plans are shareable via stable URLs.
• Privacy-first analytics — no tracking cookies, no personal data sold.

Contact

Questions, corrections, or partnership inquiries: /contact