Paste the whole Registration details box into SelectBNBs Verify, then compare the registered name and address.
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You'll see an active hanok experience permit under 앤솔담채.
Korea's rule requiring booking sites to check registration documents takes effect on 12 November 2026, as the government's 2 November reminder explains. Ministry of Government Legislation notice, 2 November 2026 The health ministry sets a ₩5,000,000 administrative fine for booking sites that sell stays whose registration documents they cannot confirm. Ministry of Health and Welfare release, 20 October 2026 Its guideline's 참고 5, Reference 5, shows why “guesthouse,” “hanok” and “pension” do not identify one permit type. Ministry operating guideline, October 2026
What permit fits the stay's label?
Reference 5 lists these operating categories for each accommodation label. Ministry operating guideline, October 2026
| Listing label | Categories in Reference 5 |
|---|---|
| Guesthouse | General lodging; foreign-tourist city homestay; rural homestay |
| Hanok | General lodging; hanok experience business; rural homestay |
| Pension | General pension (tourism pension); rural homestay; Jeju resort pension business; accommodation within a natural recreation forest |
| Motel | General lodging |
| Hotel or resort | General lodging; hotel business (tourist accommodation registered under the Tourism Promotion Act); resort condominium business; specialized recreation business; comprehensive recreation business; hostel business |
| Campsite | Camping business (general or vehicle camping) |
Ministry operating guideline, October 2026
These are the permit terms in the saved Registration details boxes and Verify records we checked:
| What Registration details says | What Verify shows |
|---|---|
| 외국인관광도시민박업 | Foreigner tourist city homestay |
| 한옥체험업 | Hanok experience business |
| 농어촌민박사업 | Rural homestay |
These labels can use the listed categories under Reference 5; the label itself does not prove which permit a stay holds. Ministry operating guideline, October 2026 Keep the Korean permit type exactly as the listing gives it, even where Verify uses a shorter Korean term.
Whatever the stay is called, copy 발급 지역, 허가 유형 and 허가번호, the issuing region, permit type and number, from Registration details.
Compare the category, registered name, address and source date in Verify with the listing. Verify separates finding a government permit from confirming which listing it belongs to. What Verify covers
If it cannot confirm a record or check that kind of number, the check is unresolved. That does not mean the stay is illegal.
Booking sites check the documents behind these categories: Reference 5 accepts tourism registration for city homestays and hanok experience businesses, and rural-homestay notification confirmation for rural homestays. A hanok or guesthouse legally registered under another category does not have to become general lodging. Ministry operating guideline, October 2026
What does an ordinary check show?
Hanok Anthology has this Airbnb Registration details box:
| Listing field | Value |
|---|---|
| Issuing region | 서울특별시, 종로구 |
| Permit type | 한옥체험업 |
| Permit number | 제 2025-000053 호 |
The example check returns “Government permit found and active,” not confirmation that this listing is the registered business. The registered name is 앤솔담채; Airbnb displays that same Korean host name, while the listing title is different. The Airbnb listing
The record gives 서울특별시 종로구 자하문로5가길 36 (체부동), with source data updated 11 May 2026. The government record Compare that address too. The saved stay page says the connection to this exact listing has not been confirmed. Hanok Anthology on SelectBNBs
What changes for someone booking?
What the sources say
From 12 November, a booking site cannot keep selling a stay unless it can confirm the stay is legally registered, even if the listing went up before the rule took effect. Registrations under other laws count where applicable, so rural homestays and hanoks are not automatically excluded from these checks. Ministry operating guideline, October 2026
What no one has said
The release and guideline do not say that every existing reservation will be cancelled, promise refunds, or set out when each booking site will notify guests. They also do not require booking sites to keep monitoring a stay's operating status or check every certificate's authenticity. Ministry operating guideline, October 2026 Being able to book a stay does not replace your own registry check.
Before paying, run the Registration details box through Verify. Only if that finds nothing, add the listing's name and address, following our no-match guide.
In SelectBNBs Verify data for 2 to 8 November, 9 of 82 lookups used kinds of numbers the tool could not check yet. These are lookup counts, not a count of distinct stays. An unresolved result does not prove a stay is unregistered.