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• Money between Korea and Australia: where to start — the whole map

  Money between Korea and Australia breaks into four flows — remittance & FX, investing & assets, tax, and superannuation. What matters most isn't how much you have, but which direction you're moving. This is the whole map, and the entry point to every topic.

• Buying Korean shares from Australia — IBKR vs bank brokers, and tax

  You can invest in Korean shares while living in Australia. Bank broking is convenient but limited for Korean stocks, so many Korean-Australians use a global broker like IBKR. What matters isn't the stock pick — it's the FX cost and the tax in both countries. You only see your real return once you account for Australian worldwide-income reporting.

• If Australia's 50% CGT discount disappears — when should a returning migrant sell?

  Australia gives a 50% CGT discount on assets held over a year. The government is weighing a switch to indexation, but nothing is final. For someone returning to Korea, the rate matters less than the timing of the sale — and the key variable is Korea's '5-year rule': if you've been back under five years, gains on overseas assets are less likely to be taxed in Korea.

• Korea and Australia — taxed twice on the same income? The treaty and double tax

  Korea and Australia have a tax treaty that stops the same income being taxed twice. The key is three things — your tax residency, the type of income, and the foreign tax credit. It isn't automatic, though: in most cases you report in both countries and the credit adjusts for it.

• Moving back to Korea: what happens to your Australian super?

  Australian super is money for retirement, not money you collect on the way out. Returning to Korea does not release it automatically — PRs and citizens must meet a condition of release (age and retirement). So the real question isn't whether you can withdraw, but when — your age, tax residency, the exchange rate, and your return date all change the result.

• Am I an Australian tax resident? — Korea, Australia, and when residency changes

  Tax residency is decided by where you actually live, not your visa. Australia and Korea each have different tests, and if both treat you as a resident, Article 4 of the Korea–Australia tax treaty breaks the tie. CGT, dividend tax, super, reverse migration — every tax question starts with 'which country am I a resident of right now?'

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