Originally Posted by
tng11
I've seen DCC at ATMs in many countries - but never one that forces you to accept.
Add South Korea to the list of countries which impose fees on foreign ATM users. Back in December there were no surcharges. On my last visit in May, every machine I got was imposing a 4,000-6,000 KRW fee on top for each transaction.
Thats hefty.. and will South Korea put into the same category as Thailand or japan for me.. a country that thinks it's fine for it's banks to charge foreigners left and right..
Seems China (inkl. HKG, Macao, Taiwan) is the only country in the region that is not slapping you with extra fees at the ATMs.. kind of surprising, as DCC (the other bad thing of CCs) started more or less there..