South Korea at a glance for the Zakat payer: and is paid, in practice, in KRW, at local prices, through local channels. This page translates the universal rules into that local reality: the way Zakat is commonly paid in South Korea, a worked example, and the dates and timetable links you need for Ramadan 2027. South Korea sits in the Asia region, and the main languages of its Muslim community include Korean — the rules below are the universal Shariah rules, expressed entirely in local terms.
The two thresholds a payer in South Korea is judged against, at this guide's reference prices, are KRW 9,192,180 — the value of 87.48 grams of gold at KRW 105,078 per gram — and KRW 825,155, the value of 612.36 grams of silver at KRW 1,348 per gram, with the conversion running at 1375 KRW per US dollar. Both are snapshots, not fixtures — on your actual due date the live tool will quote the thresholds afresh in South Korean won. So the line that matters most in South Korea is the silver one, KRW 825,155: cross it with net wealth held for a hawl, and 2.5% of everything above zero — not just of the excess — is due.
In daily practice, most Zakat is paid through a few familiar channels: bank transfer to registered Zakat charities, local Zakat committees that collect and distribute within the community and mosque collections, especially around Jumu'ah and during Ramadan. Whichever route you choose, Zakat must actually reach people within the eight categories of Quran 9:60, and it must transfer into their ownership (tamlik). Plenty of households here settle the calculation at home first — often on a fixed Ramadan date — and then distribute through two or three trusted channels rather than one. Before paying, ask how funds are distributed, keep your payment receipt with your calculation report, and confirm whether any administration deduction touches the Zakat itself. In South Korea, community life runs in Korean, so instructions left with family should be in the language they actually use.
Ramadan 1448 AH should begin on Monday 8 February 2027 for South Korea as for most of the world, subject to the crescent's sighting and the announcement your community follows. The last ten nights begin from Maghrib on 27 February, and Laylat al-Qadr is sought on the odd nights — 27 February, then 1, 3, 5 and 7 March — the likeliest, the 27th, opening on the evening of Friday 5 March 2027. The last fast is expected on 8 or 9 March 2027, with Eid al-Fitr on 9–10 March 2027. For daily times in South Korea, use the Ramadan 2027 timetables by city, and Fitrana must be paid before the Eid prayer.
A resident of South Korea holding KRW 2,640,496 across cash and savings accounts — about 3.2 times the silver Nisab — with no debts due. It clears the Nisab and completes a hawl, so the Zakat due is 2.5% × KRW 2,640,496 = KRW 66,012. Gold, business stock or foreign currency would be added in KRW first, with the 2.5% applied to the combined net total.
At this page's reference prices, the gold threshold is KRW 9,192,180 (87.48 grams of gold) and the silver Nisab is KRW 825,155 for 612.36 grams of silver. Those conversions rest on a gold gram at KRW 105,078 and silver at KRW 1,348 the gram in South Korea, at 1375 KRW per US dollar. Markets move every day, so the live calculator gives the binding figure on your due date; and most scholars test cash against the silver figure.
Calculations for South Korea run in KRW — the South Korean won. Foreign balances is brought into KRW at the rate of your Zakat due date and added to the total before the Nisab test . The rules themselves do not change with the currency: 2.5% of net zakatable wealth above the Nisab, after one full lunar year.
Add up everything zakatable you own in KRW — cash and savings, metals priced today, stock, investments and receivables. Take off the debts due now, then set the net figure against the Nisab — KRW 825,155 on the silver standard, or KRW 9,192,180 on the gold standard. If it reaches the Nisab and a lunar year has passed, pays one-fortieth of the net total : on savings of KRW 2,640,496, the example on this page, the payment is KRW 66,012.
Fitrana follows the food, not the calculator: the duty is one sa' of local staple food — roughly 2–3 kilograms of wheat, flour, rice or dates — per household member. Councils in South Korea publish the KRW figure every Ramadan, and community announcements there are commonly made in Korean. The count is per person, including children, with the Eid prayer as the deadline. Enter the announced KRW rate in the Fitrana calculator and it totals the household's duty.
Regionally, South Korea is grouped with the rest of Asia; with Korean recorded as its community languages. Its two-letter code is KR — the short page lives at zakatsuite.com/kr, while this long guide stays at the country address. The full set of 209 tools runs for South Korea in KRW, with PDF reports for the record.