Travel Korea like you've got a friend on the ground.
Your first trip to Korea, without speaking Korean and without the stress. Ask anything — an itinerary to plan or a day-to-day hassle — Chingu answers like a friend who lived in Seoul for 2 years.
Chingu
Your Korean friend
친구 means friend.
“I learned everything the hard way, by messing up, with no one to ask.”
I spent 2 years in Seoul. Alone, without speaking a word of Korean.
The palaces, the good restaurants, the Instagram spots — those you can find anywhere. The real struggle was everything else: the kiosk that's 100% in Korean, the card that gets declined, the app nobody explains, the feeling of being lost in a city you can't read.
What I was missing wasn't a guide. It was a friend on the ground — someone who answers the dumb question, right when you're asking it.
So I'm building it. Chingu is the friend I wish I'd had for my first trip. So you don't have to do it alone.
Mikey, Chingu's creator
So what does Chingu actually do?
A friend in your pocket, for everything no guidebook covers.
Kiosk entirely in Korean? Chingu translates it.
Photo → instant translation.
Kiosk entirely in Korean? Chingu translates it.
Photo → instant translation.
Your itinerary, built for you.
Day by day, editable on the fly.
Chingu answers — even at 11pm.
Like the friend who lived there for 2 years.
Seen. Lived. Korea.
Experience Korea your way.
Questions like these — Chingu answers on the ground, in real time.
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