Industrial B2B Support on the Ground in Korea
We verify, visit and follow up with Korean suppliers for overseas industrial companies that do not have a local team in Korea.
Some supplier problems cannot be solved by another email.
Korea Ops Desk is built for practical situations where an overseas team needs reliable local execution — not another market-entry binder.
You need a direct Korean-language follow-up and a clear answer.
Sending your own employee to Korea for a one-day task is hard to justify.
You need practical commercial checks, not just a website screenshot.
Your team cannot attend, but the booths and contacts still matter.
Four focused ways we help overseas industrial teams.
Supplier Follow-Up & Expediting
Direct Korean-language follow-up on quotations, samples, production status, schedules and unanswered commercial questions.
Supplier Verification
Practical commercial verification through public information, direct contact and optional on-site follow-up.
Supplier & Factory Visits
We visit on your behalf, meet the relevant people, ask agreed questions and report what we actually observe.
Trade Show Coverage
Selected booth visits, prepared questions, contact collection, permitted photos and an English findings report.
Not a translation service. Not a generic sourcing agent.
Korea Ops Desk is led by Colin W. Jung, a Korean business professional with more than 10 years of domestic and international industrial B2B sales experience.
His background includes specialty industrial products, technical sales, overseas manufacturer relationships, substitute-source development and business development with major Korean industrial customers. He holds a B.A. in English Literature from Centenary University in the United States.
- Understands how Korean suppliers actually communicate and escalate issues
- Comfortable with technical and industrial B2B contexts
- Can separate observed facts from supplier statements and assumptions
- Reports in clear business English with next-action recommendations
A small, fixed-scope assignment first.
You tell us the situation. We define the scope before work starts. No vague consulting retainer required.
Tell us the task
Company, location, issue, deadline and what decision you need to make.
Confirm scope & price
You receive a written scope, exclusions, deliverables and fixed quotation.
We handle Korea
Calls, coordination, follow-up or on-site work according to the agreed scope.
Receive the result
English findings, permitted photos, contact notes and next actions where applicable.
Transparent enough to qualify the task.
| Service | Starting price |
|---|---|
| Supplier Follow-Up & Expediting | From $300 |
| Supplier Verification | From $400 |
| Commercial Supplier Visit | From $700 + travel at cost |
| Trade Show Coverage | From $900 / day |
| Korea Desk | From $900 / month |
| Other Industrial B2B Support | Custom Quote |
Final pricing depends on urgency, scope, access requirements and reporting. Published prices exclude VAT. Approved travel and third-party costs are billed at actual cost.
Need a Korea desk without hiring in Korea?
Once we have worked together on a project, recurring supplier follow-up and local coordination can be handled under a monthly Korea Desk scope.
It is intended for companies with repeated operational friction in Korea — not for unlimited ad-hoc requests.
Typical recurring work
- Supplier follow-up
- Korean-language business communication
- Schedule and sample coordination
- Issue escalation
- Occasional local support
From $900 / month
Need something done in Korea?
Tell us who needs to be contacted, where we may need to go, what you need to know and when you need it. We will confirm whether the task fits, then quote before work begins.