Membership

  • Required Documents
  • SFCC Application Form
  • Resume in English
  • Assignment Letter or Employment Certificate
  • 2 Photos (Passport Size)
  • Admission Fees
Initiation Fee 150,000 won
Deposit 150,000won (Refundable)
First 3 months 210,000 won(70,000*3)
Total 510,000 won
  • Spouse cards

Complimentary spouse cards are available for a process fee of 3,000 won by submitting an application form and two photos.

  • Qualifications of journalists
  • Members of equivalent Korean journalistic media.
  • Senior editors of Korean-owned media outlets that broadcast or publish mainly for the Korean audience
  • Freelance journalists contributing to the foreign press
  • Required Documents
  • SFCC Application Form
  • Resume in English
  • Assignment Letter or Employment Certificate
  • 2 Photos (Passport Size)
  • Admission Fees
Initiation Fee 200,000 won
Deposit 50,000won (Refundable)
First 3 months 75,000 won (25,000 * 3)
Total 325,000 won
  • Spouse cards

Complimentary spouse cards are available for a process fee of 3,000 won by submitting an application form and two photos.

  • Required Documents
  • SFCC Application Form
  • Resume in English
  • Letter Form Embassy or Copy of Diplomat ID
  • 2 Photos (Passport Size)
  • Admission Fees
Initiation Fee 200,000 won
Deposit 50,000won (Refundable)
First 3 months 75,000 won (25,000 * 3)
Total 325,000 won
  • Process Period

About 10 Days

  • Qualifications of Associate
  • Diplomatic Membership for those who are based in Korea and work for a foreign government or an international organization
  • Public Servant Membership for public relations officials of the Korean government
  • Other persons whose membership is deemed by the Board of Directors useful and desirable for the attainment of the objective and activities of this Club.
  • Professional Membership for those who do not work in the field of journalism, yet are designated as useful and desirable for the attainments of the objectives and activities of this Club.
  • Required Documents
  • SFCC Application Form
  • Resume in English
  • 2 Photos (Passport Size)
  • Admission Fees
Initiation Fee 400,000 won
Deposit 100,000won (Refundable)
Monthly dues payable in advance 120,000 won (40,000 * 3)(the first 3 months)
Total 620,000 won
  • Process Period

About 10 Days

  • Spouse cards

Complimentary spouse cards are available for a process fee of 3,000 won by submitting an application form and two photos

  • Required Documents
  • SFCC Application Form
  • Resume in English
  • 2 Photos
  • Admission Fees
  • Individual Membership
10 years membership Fee 1,000,000 won
Deposit 2,000,000 won (Refundable)
Total 3,000,000 won
  • Process Period

About 10 Days

  • Spouse cards

Complimentary spouse cards are available for a process fee of 3,000 won by submitting an application form and two photos.

  • No monthly dues for special membership
  • Corporate membership is transferable.
  • The club issues a maximum of 3 cards for one Corporate Membership.
  • Required Documents
  • SFCC Application Form
  • Resume in English
  • 2 Photos
  • Admission Fees
  • Corporate Membership
10 years membership Fee 2,000,000 won
Deposit 3,000,000 won (Refundable)
Total 5,000,000 won
  • Process Period

About 10 Days

  • Spouse cards

Complimentary spouse cards are available for a process fee of 3,000 won by submitting an application form and two photos.

  • No monthly dues for special membership
  • Corporate membership is transferable.
  • The club issues a maximum of 3 cards for one Corporate Membership.
  • Qualifications of Honorary
  • Former presidents of the Club who have retired from the foreign press
  • Members who have been a Correspondent member for more than 20 years, excluding a period of inactive membership status, and whose application for honorary membership is approved by the Board of Directors
  • Distinguished persons who have contributed to the development and attainment of the objectives of the Club or who have been recognized as advantageous for attainment of the objectives of the Club, and whose membership is granted through a decision by the Board of Directors
  • Required Documents
  • SFCC Application Form
  • Resume in English
  • Letter Form Embassy or Copy of Diplomat ID
  • 2 Photos
  • Spouse cards

Complimentary spouse cards are available for a process fee of 3,000 won by submitting an application form and two photos.

  • Visiting Membership Visiting membership may be granted for a period of not more than three(3) months to any person who is a member of a journalist club with which SFCC has a reciprocal agreement provided he/she pay nominal fee designated by SFCC, by the Board of Directors.
  • Correspondent Membership Correspondents, foreign or local, for foreign newspapers or news magazines of general circulation, news agencies or news syndicates of general circulation, radio or television, and other foreign journalists who are regularly assigned to Korea who apply for membership with the club submitting required documents listed on the application form and approved by the Board of Directors.
  • Journalist(Korean media) Membership (1) Members of equivalent Korean journalistic media (2) Senior editors, foreign or Korean, of Korean-owned foreign language newspapers in Korea and abroad.
  • Diplomacy Membership (1) Ambassador (2) Public relations officials of foreign governments and social service organizations.
  • Associate Membership (1) Public relations officials of the Korean government and various social organizations and major corporations. (2) Other persons whose membership is designated by the Board of Directors as useful and desirable for the attainments of the objectives and activities of this Club.
  • Special Membership Special membership may be granted to leading social personalities designated by the Board of Directors as desirable for the attainment of the objectives of the Club.