Web design and development in Korea, built by the people you talk to
NQ Solution is a web development studio in South Korea. Our CEO and a director design and hand-code company websites, institution sites and web apps themselves, mostly in Next.js and TypeScript, in Korean, English or both, with an admin your team uses to edit page content. Projects with overseas teams run remotely.
Who builds your website
Two people run every project: the CEO and a director. The person who discusses your brief is part of the team that designs, codes and tests the site, so requirements do not pass through account managers or subcontracted developers before they reach the code.
That also means we take on a limited number of projects at once. When the schedule is full, we say so and give you the next start date during the consultation, rather than starting late in parallel. If your launch date is fixed, you can ask for rush intake; we accept it only when the schedule genuinely allows.
Our standard production method is direct code development. We do not drop your content into a fixed template; we design the screens and the admin your team needs and build them in code.
What we build
Most of our web work falls into four groups. Each one can be a new build or a full renewal of an aging site.
- Company and institution websites: service and product information, news, case studies, inquiry forms and the admin to run them.
- Brand and portfolio sites where the visuals carry the message, such as Instant Agency's brand site with model-profile and live-commerce application intake.
- Web apps people sign in to use: membership, booking, applications, dashboards and client portals.
- Renewals of sites that have not been touched for years, such as Photo Print Land, rebuilt from the ground up around the studio's photography and made fully mobile.
Korean and English versions, done properly
A bilingual site is more than a translated copy. Each language needs its own address, its own title and description, structured data in the right language, and a language switch that lands on the same page in the other language rather than on the home page. Search engines read the pairing through hreflang links, so a Korean page and its English counterpart point at each other.
We have built this several times. EMECS is a Korean/English technical website that presents electric-motor engineering to overseas buyers, with bilingual SEO built on hreflang and structured data. The UNESCO i-WSSM platform runs Korean and English routes and is in operation. CTBUH Korea publishes pages and posts per language. This site runs Korean and English pages with hreflang pairs, and pages that exist in English only, like this one, declare themselves as the default.
Korean text also needs its own typography: line height, word breaking and font weights that read well on phones.
An admin your team can actually use
Clients edit page content from the admin themselves, not only a few lines of text. On this site, for example, the copy of the home, about, services, work and contact pages is edited from the admin, and case studies are published, pinned and given a cover image there; a dragged-in image is converted to WebP automatically.
Which parts of your site are editable, and by whom, is decided per project and written into the quote, so you know before you sign what your team will be able to change without us.
Built to be read by Google, Naver and AI search
Search engines and AI assistants can only describe your business if they can read the page. We render the body text on the server, so it is in the HTML before any script runs, and add structured data for the organization, services, FAQs and breadcrumbs, an XML sitemap, hreflang for each language and an llms.txt file that summarizes the site for AI tools.
For Korean visibility we also prepare the site for Naver: allowing Naver's crawler in robots.txt, verifying site ownership in Naver Search Advisor with a meta tag or HTML file, and submitting the sitemap and RSS feed. Naver itself notes that a crawl request is processed by priority and can take from a day to several weeks, and that a successful crawl does not guarantee exposure. We do not guarantee rankings, exposure or AI citations either; we build a structure that search engines and AI can read and cite.
Payments, KakaoTalk and Korean logins
If the site sells or books, Korean visitors will expect to pay with domestic cards and easy-pay wallets through a Korean payment gateway, to receive KakaoTalk notifications, and often to sign in with Kakao or Naver. These are selectable items in our estimate tool and are scoped per project. The integrations page explains what each one involves and what you need to prepare.
Online stores in Korea: Cafe24, Shopify or custom
Selling to Korean customers starts with a platform choice. Cafe24 is built around Korean payments and checkout; Shopify suits brands that already run a global store and add Korean payment apps; a custom store makes sense when the checkout, membership or back office does not fit either. We compare them by payments, Korean checkout (address search and consent items), Naver Shopping and how your team will run the shop, then build the store and its integrations.
Working with us from abroad
English-speaking founder, meetings in person in Korea, billing in USD or by overseas transfer. We also help with the Korean-side setup: Naver Search Advisor, the KakaoTalk Channel and payment gateway applications.
How the price is set
We price by features and operating needs rather than page count: the admin, integrations, languages and data your project needs. Landing pages are quoted separately from full websites, and custom shops and web services are quoted from their requirements.
The estimate tool outlines the scope as you pick features. After a consultation you receive a formal quote in KRW. VAT (10%) is not included; hosting and domain fees are billed separately from the build; payment-gateway fees, SMS and KakaoTalk messages are billed at cost.
Websites we have built
Only projects published in our portfolio are listed. Status comes from the portfolio itself.
- EMECS
A Korean/English technical website that presents electric-motor engineering to overseas buyers, with bilingual SEO built on hreflang and structured data.
Completed · 2025 - UNESCO i-WSSM
A rebuild of the UNESCO water-security centre's platform with Korean and English routes and an admin for the operators.
Completed · 2026 - CTBUH Korea
A renewal chosen from five design concepts, with language-specific pages and posts and an OJS journal-system integration.
Completed · 2026 - Chungha Interior
A portfolio-centric responsive site with its own admin (CMS) and KakaoTalk inquiry intake.
Completed · 2026 - Instant Agency
A new brand and portfolio site with model-profile and live-commerce application intake built in.
Completed · 2026 - Photo Print Land
A ground-up rebuild of a site left untouched for over a decade, centered on the studio's photography and fully mobile.
Completed · 2025
How a project runs from abroad
The same six steps run for every project, whether you are in Seoul or overseas. Remote collaboration is the default; visits are agreed separately in advance and are not included by default.
- 01 Brief
Send a written brief through the project request form, or write to us from the contact page. A rough idea is enough to start; reference sites and files help.
- 02 Consultation and scope
We read the brief, ask what we need to know, and agree the features, integrations and timeline. If our schedule is full, we tell you the next possible start date.
- 03 Quote
You receive a formal quote in KRW that lists the deliverables. It is based on features and integrations, not page count.
- 04 Contract and payments
The contract splits payment into a deposit, interim and final payments. The ratio for your project is written into the contract.
- 05 Design and build
We design and build in stages. The quote, contract, schedule and shared documents sit in one client portal (Korean interface), so you can see where the project stands.
- 06 Review and launch
You review the work before launch, then we deploy. Hosting and maintenance after launch are a separate contract, agreed when you need them.
Questions
- Do you work with companies outside Korea?
- Yes. Remote collaboration is the default: the brief, calls and reviews happen online, in English with our founder. When you or your team are in Korea, we meet in person.
- Can you invoice in USD?
- Yes. Quotes are prepared in KRW, and we can bill in USD or receive payment by overseas transfer. The payment schedule is written into the contract.
- Do you help with Naver Search Advisor and KakaoTalk Channel setup?
- Yes. We prepare the registration and applications with you and handle the communication in Korean. The accounts stay in your company's name, and your company remains the contracting party.
- Can you build the Korean and English versions together?
- Yes. Each language gets its own address, metadata and structured data, linked with hreflang. EMECS and UNESCO i-WSSM are published examples of Korean/English sites we built.
- Do I need a Korean business registration to launch a Korean website?
- Not for an informational website. Selling online is different: Korean payment gateways contract with businesses and set their own document requirements, so check eligibility with the gateway early. Our integrations page lists what to prepare.
- How is pricing set?
- Open the estimate tool, choose the type of project and the features you need, and it outlines the scope. The final figure comes in a formal quote after consultation.
- Who owns the source code?
- The handover terms for the source code and other deliverables are written into the contract, so they are settled before work starts.
- Which language can we use with you?
- English or Korean. English consultations and documents are handled by our founder directly. The client portal interface is in Korean.
Tell us what the site needs to do
A written brief is the quickest way to a quote. If you are not sure yet, write to us and we will work out the scope together.
Prefer email? Write to dwkim@nqsolution.kr — the founder replies directly.