Legal documents from Korea will now be recognized for use overseas without an apostille or certification from foreign embassies, said the Ministry of Justice.
Before Korea joined the Hague Convention, in order for documents to be used outside the country they had to be certified by the respective government embassies, either the Korean embassies abroad or foreign countries’ embassies in Korea.
Now, Korean documents are essentially equal to documents of all other countries participating in the Hague Convention and do not require further certification.
This greatly simplifies the process of sending documents abroad and eliminates the inconvenience of having to visit multiple government embassies.