When your business in Korea needs more than another email.
We call, verify, visit and follow up with Korean suppliers and partners on your behalf — so you get clear answers in English, without flying to Korea.
This is usually when companies contact us.
Focused commercial support on the ground in Korea.
Everything starts with a defined scope and fixed quote. We keep the public offer narrow so you know what you are buying.
Supplier Follow-Up & Expediting
For slow replies, unclear schedules, missing quotations, delayed samples and unresolved commercial questions.
Commercial Supplier Screening
Public business checks, direct-contact attempts and a practical pre-audit commercial screening.
Supplier & Factory Visits
We visit on your behalf, meet the relevant people, ask agreed questions and report what we observe.
Trade Show Coverage
Selected booth visits, prepared questions, contact collection, permitted photos and a findings summary.
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The person responsible for the result stays close to the work.
Principal-led
Every engagement is scoped and overseen by Colin W. Jung, with more than 10 years of industrial B2B experience in Korea.
Industrial, not generic concierge
Experience includes specialty industrial products, technical sales, overseas manufacturers and Korean industrial customers.
Facts separated from claims
Our reporting distinguishes what we observed, what the supplier stated and what remains unknown.
No undisclosed supplier commissions
We work for the client who engaged us. Any potential conflict or third-party compensation is disclosed before work proceeds.
Colin W. Jung
I spent more than ten years in Korean industrial B2B sales, working between overseas manufacturers and Korean industrial customers. Korea Ops Desk is built around a simple need I saw repeatedly: overseas teams often need someone in Korea who can make the call, ask the right commercial questions, go to the site when necessary and report back clearly.
- Former team lead for domestic and international sales
- Specialty industrial products and application-driven technical sales
- Overseas manufacturer relationships and distributor development
- Substitute sourcing, specification comparison and sample coordination
- Business development with major Korean industrial accounts
Clear scope before local execution.
Tell us the situation
One clear paragraph is enough. Tell us the company, issue, location and what decision you need to make.
Receive a fixed quote
Scope, deliverables, exclusions, price and timing are confirmed in writing before work begins.
We execute in Korea
Calls, follow-up, commercial screening, visits or show coverage according to the agreed scope.
Get the English result
Clear findings, supporting materials where available and practical next steps.
Submitting a form does not start an engagement. Work starts only after both sides approve the scope and commercial terms.
We separate evidence, statements and open questions.
This reporting discipline is designed to help you make a commercial decision without confusing a supplier’s claim with something independently observed.
What we directly saw, received or independently confirmed within the agreed scope.
What the Korean counterparty told us, clearly attributed as their statement.
What could not be confirmed, was outside the scope or requires specialist inspection.
A practical commercial next step based on the information available.
Clear starting prices. A fixed quote before work begins.
| Service | Base scope | Starts at |
|---|---|---|
| Supplier Follow-Up | One counterparty, one defined issue, direct follow-up, written update | $300 |
| Commercial Supplier Screening | One supplier, public checks, direct-contact attempt, screening memo | $400 |
| Supplier / Factory Visit | One agreed visit, up to 4 hours on site, report | $700 + travel |
| Trade Show Coverage | One show day, selected booths, prepared questions, summary | $900 / day |
Travel and third-party costs are billed at actual cost only with prior approval. Taxes/VAT, if applicable, are additional and confirmed on the quote.
A Korean operating company behind the brand.
Korea Ops Desk is operated by JS Network Inc., Republic of Korea. Legal company information, business registration, address and contact details are published for counterparties that need to verify who they are dealing with.
Tell us the situation.
Tell us who you are dealing with, what has happened and what you need to know or get done in Korea. If the assignment fits, we will respond within one business day — usually much faster — with the next question or a scope outline.
Tell us what you need.
A short description is enough to start. We reply within one business day (KST) — usually much faster.