Korea Business Verify (KBV) MCP Server

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Korea Business Verify (KBV) is answering right now. Last checked 14 min ago. It exposes 6 tools. Last commit 2 Nov 2026.

Korea import requirements by HS code, plus Korean company lookup by name, status and KYB checks.

Uptime history 70 days of history · worst day 99%

70 days agonow

100.0%

Uptime 24h

91 of 91 checks

Tools

read from the server

606 ms

Response time

average over 24h

Stars

last commit 2 Nov 2026

What changed 11

Every tool that appeared, vanished or quietly changed what it asks for. Recorded since 27 August 2026. No other catalogue keeps this.

23 Oct a tool appeared check_korea_import_requirements_batch

23 Oct a tool changed version

22 Oct a tool appeared check_korea_import_requirements

1 Oct 2 tool descriptions were rewritten check_korean_business_batch, check_korean_business_status

28 Sep a tool appeared find_korean_business

28 Sep a tool changed version

7 Sep a tool changed version

4 Sep a tool changed version

27 Aug a tool appeared check_korean_business_batch

27 Aug a tool changed version

Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check Korea Business Verify (KBV) every 15 minutes and re-read its code on every release. Watch it and you find out the day that stops being true.

Connect this server

Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 14 min ago.

Claude Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

run in your terminal

claude mcp add kbv-server --transport http https://kbv-server-f7vfitmlkq-du.a.run.app/mcp

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, then paste this address

https://kbv-server-f7vfitmlkq-du.a.run.app/mcp

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.kbv-server]
url = "https://kbv-server-f7vfitmlkq-du.a.run.app/mcp"

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "kbv-server": {
      "url": "https://kbv-server-f7vfitmlkq-du.a.run.app/mcp"
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "kbv-server": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://kbv-server-f7vfitmlkq-du.a.run.app/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Available tools 6

Read directly from the server with tools/list, grouped by what they act on. If a tool disappears, we record the date.

korean

check_korean_business_batch

Screen a list of up to 100 Korean businesses in a single call by their 10-digit business registration numbers (사업자등록번호). Returns one entry per input number (order preserved) with registration status, tax type, and any public-procurement debarment ("부정당업자 제재") on record — a company can be perfectly active and still barred from public contracts. The summary counts how many are currently debarred. Use this for supplier, vendor or customer list screening instead of repeated single checks. Recently checked numbers may be answered from a cache up to 24 hours old (marked "cache": true). Sources: Korea National Tax Service, Public Procurement Service.

check_korean_business_status

Check the registration status of a Korean business by its 10-digit business registration number (사업자등록번호). Returns whether the business is active, suspended, or closed, plus tax type. Data source: Korea National Tax Service, real-time. The number 1248100998 (Samsung Electronics) is exempt from the daily free tier, so you can exercise this tool while building without spending your allowance.

find_korean_business

Find a Korean company by name (English or Korean) when you do not know its 10-digit business registration number — the number every other tool here needs. Returns ranked candidates with a confidence score and discriminating evidence (registration status, tax type, region), because a name can match several distinct companies: "Samsung Electronics" matches four. Sources: DART (disclosure filers, English names) and the Public Procurement Service registry (small businesses).

korea

check_korea_import_requirements

Check what Korean customs clearance requirements apply to a product by its 10-digit HS code. Goods that need an unmet approval are held or returned at Korean customs. Returns which statutes require clearance, which agencies can approve (often several, any one of which suffices), the certificate to obtain, and each requirement's condition quoted from the governing notice (Korean original, which is authoritative) — plus tariff rates for imports. Data: Korea Customs Service and the Ministry of Government Legislation. Fact lookup only — not a legal customs determination; whether a condition applies to your product is not decided here. Test code 8516710000 (coffee makers) is free.

check_korea_import_requirements_batch

Screen a product catalog for Korean import restrictions in one call. Submit up to 100 HS codes and get back what is restricted, with the statute, the approving agencies and the certificate required for each. Restricted codes come first, then codes that could not be checked, then clear ones. Invalid codes are listed in summary.invalid_hs and not counted. Use before opening a Korea shipping lane or listing a catalog for Korean buyers. Fact lookup only — not a legal customs determination.

verify

verify_korean_business

Verify that a Korean business registration number matches the provided representative name and opening date. Use for KYB / due-diligence before transacting with a Korean company. Returns match result plus current status.

Endpoints

URL	Transport	State	Latency	Checked
https://kbv-server-f7vfitmlkq-du.a.run.app/mcp	streamable-http	answering	667 ms	14 min ago

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Korea Business Verify (KBV) — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

What can Korea Business Verify (KBV) do?

It exposes 6 tools, read directly from the server on our last check. Among them: check_korea_import_requirements, check_korea_import_requirements_batch, check_korean_business_batch, check_korean_business_status, find_korean_business, verify_korean_business. The full list with descriptions is on this page — we take it from the server itself via tools/list, not from a README. How MCP servers expose tools in the first place →

What is Korea Business Verify (KBV) mostly used for?

Its tools cluster around korean and korea. That is what this server is built to work with — the grouping comes from the actual tool names, not from a category we assigned.

Is Korea Business Verify (KBV) working right now?

We send a real MCP handshake every 15 minutes. Over the last 24 hours 91 of 91 checks got a reply (100.0%), average response time 606 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.

How do I connect Korea Business Verify (KBV)?

Copy the ready config from this page. We generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each in the form that client actually reads. It is a remote server, so there is nothing to install — the client connects to the address.

Does Korea Business Verify (KBV) need an API key?

No. Korea Business Verify (KBV) completed a full MCP handshake with us as an anonymous client and listed its tools without asking for anything. All 6 of them are readable on this page. This is what we observed, not what the docs claim.

How fast is Korea Business Verify (KBV)?

It answers our handshake in 606 ms on average, which is faster than 18% of all working MCP servers we measure. That is on the slow side — worth knowing if the tool sits inside an interactive loop. The comparison comes from our own checks across the whole registry, every 15 minutes.

Is Korea Business Verify (KBV) open source?

The code is open source: it is published under the MIT licence, written in TypeScript, 1 stars on GitHub and 2 open issues. The licence covers the code in the repository, not the hosted service at kbv-server-f7vfitmlkq-du.a.run.app, which runs on its operator's own terms.