- Bring a warm winter jacket. Korea is very cold in the winter!
- Shoes – if your feet are larger than size 9 for guys or 7 for girls, you'll struggle to find them.
- Bring summer clothes: shorts, t-shirts, flip flops, etc
- Bring underwear and plenty of it!
- Bring towels for showers. For some reason they are all hand towel sized in Korea!
- Bring a single-sized sheet set; pillow cases too

- Deodorant - bring a year's supply. It's hard to find in many towns and if you can find it, it's at least twice as much as you'd pay at home.
- Fragrances– bring your favourite perfume/cologne. Again, it's at least twice the price of home
- Hand sanitizer – constant contact with children leaves you with who knows what on your hands?
- Toothpaste – there are hardly any recognised brands from home. Most English teachers believe there is sugar in local brands...
- If you are used to your own brand of a certain thing, bring lots of it!
- Contraceptives – most western men will struggle to put on the local brands
- Hair products-They have many higher-priced/luxury hair product lines.
- The Body Shop has many stores in Seoul
- Lush have stores in Seoul
- Neutrogena, Nivea, and Clean and Clear products are also widely available

- Tampons – decent brands are hard to find, and expensive
- Bring lots of bras as they don't sell large sizes here
- Foundation – those with fairer skin tones may find it hard to purchase
- Hair straighteners – avoid 'big hair' in the summer humidity

- Photographs from home – not only will this combat homesickness but pictures can be an exciting time-filler in the classroom.
- Posters – it's always great to decorate your apartment in your own way.
- Books – they can be expensive in Korea.

- Stickers – these are one of your best reward tools in Korea. Bring a bumper pack of stickers, especially any with English writing and the children will love it!
- Prizes – any pens/pencils/small items that you can hand out as prizes will go down well with the children.
- A map of your country – the children will be fascinated by anything from home and love to learn about your country.

- Plug converters can be found here for cheap, but you might want to bring a couple with you to get started
- Laptop – it's hard to purchase a laptop with a copy of Windows in English. It also becomes your entertainment centre whilst in Korea
- Photocopies of all your personal documents

- Spices from back home if you enjoy cooking
- Comfort foods-they may be hard to find overseas!
- Chewing gum – bring your own sugar free gum as this is hard to find in Korea.
- Cheese – unless you like processed cheese, you will find it almost impossible to purchase cheese for less than 15,000won per block

- You will get sick at some point when you spend all day with children!
- Tylenol/Advil
- Cough syrup
- Allergy medicines
- Large tub of multivitamins