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Old Sep 27, 2014 | 7:54 pm
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Originally Posted by kp88
It's easy to find foreign bank atms such as Citibank and HSBC around Seoul. Otherwise you can go into a convenient store and withdraw cash from ATM inside, as most convenient store atms are capable of global transactions.
YMMV, but I found this not to be relevant or necessarily true. Citibank non-"Global ATM"s in Seoul did not accept my Visa ATM card from a major regional US bank, and convenience store ATMs were highly inconsistent -- just within the neighborhood I stayed in, Lotte Bank at 7-Eleven and Standard Chartered at a C/U worked, but Standard Chartered at the GS25 around the corner did not.

The best bet is a bank location with physical "Global ATM" signage. Anything else, even if it has "English" and "Foreign Card" menu selections, appears to vary by rules opaque to the average consumer.
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