Photo credits

Most photographs on this site and in our guidebooks are free-license works from Wikimedia Commons. CC BY and CC BY-SA works require attribution — this page is that attribution. A few images are made in-house — our own photography and AI-generated artwork — which do not come from Commons and are therefore not listed here. The map of Korea is drawn from a public-domain boundary file, also listed below.

• 경복궁 근정전 — Basile Morin · CC BY-SA 4.0
  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Front_view_of_the_Imperial_Throne_Hall_Geunjeongjeon_at_Gyeongbokgung_Palace_with_blue_sky_in_Seoul.jpg
• 경복궁 근정전 (모바일 랜딩용 크롭) — Basile Morin · CC BY-SA 4.0
  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Front_view_of_the_Imperial_Throne_Hall_Geunjeongjeon_at_Gyeongbokgung_Palace_with_blue_sky_in_Seoul.jpg
• 인천공항 T2 수하물 수취장 — AirportTerminalGuy · CC BY 4.0
  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ICN_T2_arrival.jpg
• 지하철 1회용 발매·교통카드 충전기 — LandAndTree · CC BY 4.0
  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ticket_Vending_and_Card_Reload_Machine_-_Seoul_Metropolitan_Subway_20240713.jpg
• 시내버스 T-money 승차 단말기 — hyolee2 · CC BY-SA 3.0
  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sejong_Bus_T-money.JPG
• 시내버스 하차(환승) 단말기 — ko:user:Wnstlr93 · CC BY 3.0
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• 설날 세배 (어른께 올리는 절) — Korea.net / Korean Culture and Information Service · CC BY-SA 2.0
  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:KOCIS_Celebrating_Korean_New_Year_in_Japan_(5859396948).jpg
• 소주 따라주기 (술자리 예절) — Kai Hendry · CC BY 2.0
  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Korea-Pouring_soju.jpg
• 지하철 구산역 4번 출구 기둥 — 쉰지식인 · CC BY 3.0
  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gusan_Station_Exit_4.JPG
• Visitors in hanbok, Gyeongbokgung — Republic of Korea from Seoul, Republic of Korea · CC BY-SA 2.0
  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gyeongbokgung_Hanbok_03_(32928641352).jpg
• 북촌한옥마을 블루아워 — Basile Morin · CC BY-SA 4.0
  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bukchon-ro_11-gil_street_with_hanok_houses_at_blue_hour_in_Bukchon_Hanok_Village_Seoul.jpg
• 명동 거리 — JiroS. · CC BY-SA 3.0
  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Shopping_street_at_Myondon_,_Seoul_-_panoramio.jpg
• 지하철 잠실역 — 阿貴 · CC BY-SA 3.0
  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Seoul_Subway_Jamsil_Station_Line_2_Platform_Direction_Info.jpg
• KTX-산천 항공뷰 — Masakazu Matsumoto · CC BY 2.0
  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:KTX-Sancheon_on_Suseo%E2%80%93Pyeongtaek_high-speed_railway.jpg
• 돌솥비빔밥 — Agnes Ly (Agnes Ly) at Flickr · CC BY-SA 2.0
  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Korean_cuisine-Bibimbap-08.jpg
• 광장시장 먹거리 — Pfc. Bo Park, 2ID PAO, US Army · Public domain
  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Korean_pancakes_and_pan-fried_foods_at_Gwangjang_Market.jpg
• Mul-naengmyeon, cold buckwheat noodles — Suohros · CC0
  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mul_Naengmyeon.jpg
• Gimbap, cut to show the fillings — changupn · CC0
  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gimbap_(pixabay).jpg
• Tteokbokki with fish cake — Popo le Chien · CC0
  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tteokbokki.JPG
• Whole-cabbage baechu kimchi — gwangju kimchi · CC BY-SA 2.0
  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Baechu-gimchi.jpg
• Samgyetang, whole young chicken in broth — wizdata · CC0
  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Samgye-tang_2.jpg
• Japchae, glass noodles finished with sesame — gamene · CC BY 2.0
  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Japchae_3.jpg
• 남산 야경 파노라마 — kallerna · CC BY-SA 4.0
  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:N_Seoul_Tower_view_2.jpg
• 강원 설악산 — Christophe95 · CC BY-SA 4.0
  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Landscape_in_Seoraksan_National_Park_1.jpg
• 충남 공주 공산성 금서루 — Ashy Minivet · CC0
  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Geumseoru_Gate_Pavilion_of_Gongsanseong_Fortress_(2).jpg
• 전주 한옥마을 — Bernard Gagnon · CC0
  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jeonju_Hanok_Maeul_02.jpg
• 전남 순천만 갯벌 — Jjw · CC BY-SA 4.0
  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:20181231_Suncheon_Bay_003.jpg
• 부산 감천문화마을 — Basile Morin · CC BY-SA 4.0
  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Colorful_houses_in_Gamcheon_Culture_Village_at_sunset_in_Busan_South_Korea.jpg
• 제주 성산일출봉 — Basile Morin · CC BY-SA 4.0
  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hydrangea_macrophylla_in_front_of_Seongsan_Ilchulbong_volcano_at_blue_hour_in_Jeju_Island_South_Korea.jpg
• 광화문(도심 대비) — Pinterpandai · CC BY-SA 4.0
  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gwanghwamun_is_the_main_gate_to_the_south_of_Gyeongbokgung_Palace.jpg
• 수문장 교대식 — Stevenliuyi · CC BY-SA 4.0
  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Royal_Guard_Changing_Ceremony_at_Gyeongbokgung.jpg
• 창경궁 단청 — Huntsmanleader · CC BY 4.0
  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dancheong_at_Changgyeonggung_2023-11-02.jpg
• 반포대교 달빛무지개분수 — Cookinu · CC BY-SA 4.0
  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Banpo_Moonlight_Rainbow_Fountain.jpg
• 경주 불국사 — Basile Morin · CC BY-SA 4.0
  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Many_colorful_flowerpots_in_front_of_Bulguksa_temple_in_Gyeongju_South_Korea.jpg
• 경기 수원화성 문루 — Bernard Gagnon · CC0
  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gate_at_Hwaseong_Fortress.jpg
• 인천 송도 센트럴파크 수로 — Ken Eckert · CC BY-SA 4.0
  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Central_Park_Lake,_Songdo_IBD.jpg
• 충북 단양 도담삼봉 — Seongbin Im from Seoul, Korea, Republic of · CC BY-SA 2.0
  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Geology_of_South_Korea_-_Dodamsambong,_Peaks(%EB%8F%84%EB%8B%B4%EC%82%BC%EB%B4%89)_(35912678771).jpg
• 세종호수공원 — *Youngjin · CC BY-SA 3.0
  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sejong_lake_park_190609_02.jpg
• 대전 엑스포교 야경 — Bernard Gagnon · CC0
  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Expo_Bridge_in_Daejeon.jpg
• 대구 팔공산 동화사 대웅전 — WolfgangMichel · CC0
  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Donghwasa-Korea-Main-Hall.JPG
• 경남 남해 가천 다랭이마을 — Choi2451 · CC0
  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gacheon_Daraengi_Village,_Namhae_on_September_1st,_2019.jpg
• 울산 대왕암공원 해안 — Choi2451 · CC BY-SA 4.0
  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Daewangam_Park_on_August_17th,_2018.jpg
• 광주 무등산 증심사 대웅전 — Neelzuhbub47 · CC BY-SA 3.0
  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Main_hall_interior_of_Jeungsimsa_Temple_Mudeungsan_National_Park.jpg
• 남한 17개 광역시·도 경계 (원본 그대로 보관) — Originally created by Ksiom; adapted by Kwj2772 · Public domain
  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Map_of_South_Korea-blank.svg
• 지하철 역명판 (2호선 충정로역) — LERK · CC BY-SA 4.0
  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Seoul-metro-243-Chungjeongno-station-sign-20181121-074746.jpg
• 찜질방 불가마 층 (원주) — Choikwangmo9 · CC0
  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%EC%98%81%EC%8B%A0%EB%B6%88%EA%B0%80%EB%A7%88%EC%82%AC%EC%9A%B0%EB%82%9824%EC%8B%9C(%EA%B0%95%EC%9B%90_%EC%9B%90%EC%A3%BC%EC%8B%9C_%EC%8B%9C%EC%B2%AD%EB%A1%9C_96)2.jpg
• 온돌 바닥에 편 요와 이불 (구례 운조루 고택 안방) — 문화재청 · KOGL Type 1
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• 미세먼지 낀 서울 도심 (남산에서) — taylorandayumi · CC BY 2.0
  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Seoul_tower_smog_and_dusty_view.jpg
• 송편 (추석 떡) — wizdata · CC0
  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Songpyeon.jpg
• 삼겹살 불판 — 김치를 옆에서 같이 굽는다 — moso · CC BY 2.0
  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Korean_Barbecue-Samgyeopsal-01.jpg
• 김치찌개 한 상 (찌개·밥·반찬) — Alpha · CC BY-SA 2.0
  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Korean_stew-Kimchi_jjigae-02.jpg
• 설렁탕 — 간이 안 된 뽀얀 사골 국물 — 緑さん · CC0
  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Seolleongtang_2025.jpg
• 끓이기 전의 부대찌개 (햄·소시지·콩·치즈) — w:ko:user:Dlunch · CC BY-SA 2.5
  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Budae_jjigae_before_boiling.jpg
• 칼국수 — 칼로 썬 납작한 면 — insatiablemunch · CC BY 2.0
  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kal-guksu_4.jpg
• 짜장면 (춘장 소스에 오이채) — 사랑 · Public domain
  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jajangmyeon_0.jpg
• 치킨 반반 (양념 반 · 후라이드 반) — ewhity · CC0
  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Korean_fried_chicken_(banban).jpg
• 족발 (상추·맥주와 함께 나온 상) — LR0725 · CC BY-SA 4.0
  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jokbal_korea.jpg
• 해물파전 — by Tales of an LA Addict (Abby) at Flickr · CC BY-SA 2.0
  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Korean_pancake-Haemul_pajeon-03.jpg
• 순대 (당면과 선지를 넣어 찐 순대를 썬 것) — lazy fri13th · CC BY 2.0
  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sundae_1.jpg
• 찐만두 — 하나를 갈라 속을 보인 것 — chomjong · CC BY 2.0
  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jjin-mandu_6.jpg
• 반찬 한 판 (무료로 나오는 곁들이 접시들) — T.Tseng · CC BY 2.0
  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Banchan_(25745613526).jpg
• 호떡 — 노점 철판에서 눌러 굽는 중 — Sandra Vallaure · CC BY 2.0
  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hotteok_2.jpg
• 팥빙수 — angela n. at Flickr · CC BY-SA 2.0
  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Korean_shaved_ice-Patbingsu-04.jpg
• 해운대 포장마차 거리 (부산) — 부산광역시 · KOGL Type 1
  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pojangmacha_in_Haeundae,_Busan_(917).jpg
• 막걸리 병과 사발 — Republic of Korea · CC BY-SA 2.0
  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Geumjeongsanseong_Makgeolli_11_(cropped).jpg
• 소주병과 소주잔 — https://pixabay.com/es/users/gteddy-6775613/ · CC0
  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bottle_soju.jpg
• 전통시장 — 순천 (파는 사람이 앉아 있는 자리) — 김화섭 · CC BY 2.0
  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Suncheon_Market.jpg
• 부산 국제시장 아케이드 — Christophe95 · CC BY-SA 4.0
  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gukje_Market_in_Busan.jpg
• 광화문 앞 한복 차림의 방문객 — Ken Eckert · CC BY-SA 4.0
  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tourists_in_Gwanghwamun_to_dress_Hanbok,_Korean_traditional_clothes.jpg
• 경복궁 수문장 교대의식 — Ethan Doyle White · CC BY-SA 4.0
  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gyeongbokgung_Palace_Changing_of_the_Guard_Ceremony_2019_(10).jpg
• 북촌 한옥마을 골목 (서울) — Bgag · CC0
  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bukchon_Hanok_Village_01.jpg
• 경복궁 야경 — Lunisaa · CC BY 4.0
  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gyeongbokgung_Palace_at_Night.jpg
• 창경궁 처마의 단청 — Huntsmanleader · CC BY 4.0
  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dancheong_at_Changgyeonggung_2023-11-02.jpg
• 경주 동궁과 월지 야경 — lumoplank · CC0
  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Donggung_Palace_&_Wolji_Pond,_Gyeongju_-_Donggung2688.jpg
• 연등이 걸린 마당으로 열린 문 — Basile Morin · CC BY-SA 4.0
  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Open_gate_leaning_to_a_courtyard_of_colorful_paper_lanterns_at_Bulguksa_temple_in_Gyeongju_South_Korea.jpg
• 궁궐 기와지붕 — by Nagyman · CC BY-SA 2.0
  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Seoul-Gyeongbokgung-roof.tiles-01.jpg
• 부산 송정해수욕장 모래밭에 늘어놓은 서핑보드 — Heather Carreiro · CC BY-SA 4.0 · cropped to 16:9
  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Surf_boards_in_Korea.jpg
• 밤의 서울 신사동 가로수길 — 잎 진 나무 아래 불 켜진 가게들 — sellyourseoul · CC BY 2.0 · cropped to 16:9
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