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Understand any Korean document

A bill, a fine, a notice in the lift — take a photo and see what it says, in your language.

🌐 9 languages 📍 Tap to explain 🔒 Private & encrypted
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Snap or upload

Take a photo of the document, or pick one from your gallery.

📄 Take a photo or choose an image
📷 Take a photo 🖼️ Choose from gallery or files
JPEG, PNG or WebP · the photo is never saved unless you choose to
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It reads the document

Usually 10–30 seconds. It works even when the whole page is in Korean.

Reading the document… Please stay on this page.
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Get it in plain language

The gist first, then the details — amounts and dates in your language, the Korean kept beside them.

In short

This is an electricity bill; pay 45,230 won (45,230원) by 15 August 2026 (2026.08.15), or 46,580 won if you pay after that.

Document type  Electricity bill (전기요금 청구서)
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See where & how to pay

It lists every payment option the document itself prints — account numbers and all.

💳 How to pay

Amount45,230 won (45,230원)
Pay by15 August 2026 (2026.08.15)
Ways to pay
  • Virtual account (NH NongHyup)301-0000-0000-11
  • Virtual account (KB Kookmin)004-00-0000-000
  • ARS credit card1588-0000
  • In personbanks, post offices, convenience stores
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Tap the photo to explain a part

Each number on your document jumps to what that part means. Try it 👇

Electricity Bill전기요금 청구서
Customer 고객명
Hong Gil-dong
Customer no. 고객번호
0231-4457
납부하실 금액 · Amount due45,230원
납부 마감일 · Due date
2026. 08. 15
가상계좌 · Virtual accounts
농협 NH301-0000-0000-11
국민 KB004-00-0000-000

Tap a number on the document — or a line below.

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고객명: 홍길동
Customer name: Hong Gil-dong (홍길동).
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납부하실 금액: 45,230원
Amount you pay: 45,230 won (45,230원).
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납부 마감일: 2026. 08. 15
Pay by 15 August 2026 (2026.08.15).
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가상계좌: 농협 · 국민
Two virtual bank accounts you can pay into.
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Save it privately

Keep a document to come back to. Saved documents are encrypted — Waegook staff cannot read them.

Name this document (e.g. July electricity bill) Save this explanation
🔒 Locked with encryption on our server. Only your logged-in account can open it.

That's the whole thing.

Photo in, plain-language out — where to pay, what it means, saved for later.

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Waegook explains what a document says. It doesn't give legal, immigration, medical, tax, or financial advice, and it can make mistakes — confirm important details with the document issuer or an official source. All names and numbers shown here are examples, not real accounts.