Black Friday 2026 Korea Guide: Dates, Olive Young and 29CM Sales, and Duty-Free Limits for Overseas Shopping
Black Friday 2026 falls on Friday, November 27, the day after US Thanksgiving on Thursday, November 26. Korean fashion and beauty retailers start earlier. Olive Young, a major Korean health and beauty retailer, ran its Black Friday sale from November 1 to 7, and that sale has now ended. 29CM, a fashion and lifestyle shopping platform operated by Musinsa, is running its 2026 Winter 29 Week from November 9 to 19, according to media reports. If you shop overseas sites from Korea, packages can enter duty-free up to USD 150 under list clearance, or up to USD 200 for goods shipped from the United States. This year you also need to check your personal customs clearance code, which now has to be renewed every year.
Black Friday 2026 Dates and the Korean Sale Calendar
US Thanksgiving is on Thursday, November 26, 2026, and Black Friday follows on Friday, November 27. This date matters most if you plan to buy from American retailers and ship to Korea.
Korean platforms run their own November events rather than waiting for the US date. Olive Young's annual Black Friday sale took place online and in stores from November 1 to 7 and has finished. As of November 10, 29CM's Winter 29 Week is the major Korean fashion sale currently running, with reported dates of November 9 to 19.
For context, Musinsa's winter Black Friday event last year, called Mujinjang 25 Winter Black Friday, ran for 11 days from 7 p.m. on November 16 to midnight on November 26, 2025. It featured about 4,500 brands, discounts of up to 80%, and a lowest-price guarantee that refunded 100% of any price difference as store credit. These figures describe the 2025 event only.
29CM Winter 29 Week: What Is On Sale Now
According to Financial News, 29CM's 2026 Winter 29 Week runs for 11 days, from November 9 to 19. About 3,000 brands across fashion, home, kids and food are taking part, with discounts reported at up to 86%.
A new feature this year is the 48-Hour Brand Deal, which reportedly takes up to 70% off popular brands for 48 hours at a time. The platform has also scheduled 20 sessions of its live shopping broadcast, 29 Live, according to the same report.
Offline, a 10% discount is reported at five 29Home stores and two 29Kids stores. On the official 29CM site, the main 29 Week event page and a first-purchase page are open, and products in the sale carry a 29 Week label on their listing cards, which makes eligible items easy to identify while browsing.
Olive Young Black Friday Has Ended: What Comes Next
Olive Young holds its Black Friday sale once a year, and the 2026 edition ran from November 1 to 7. Selected major stores featured a Last Pick program with deeper discounts on specific items chosen for each store. The retailer also sold two kinds of limited-quantity Blackfriprize random boxes, each containing six to seven full-size products, both in stores and online.
If you missed it, Olive Young has other regular sales. The Olive Young Sale runs in March, June, September and December, and Olive Young itself presents the December edition as a second chance for shoppers who missed its Black Friday event. Olive Day takes place on the 25th to 27th of every month for Olive Members.
Olive Young's 2026 Black Friday sale ran online and in stores from November 1 to 7. · Photo: ์ฌ๋ฆฌ๋ธ์ ๋ธ๋ํ๋ผ์ด๋ฐ์ด ๊ณต์
Duty-Free Limits for Shopping Overseas from Korea
Under Korea Customs Service rules, goods for personal use qualify for list clearance when the item price is USD 150 or less. For goods shipped from the United States, the threshold is USD 200.
Going over the limit is costly. For goods that require an import declaration, once the item price passes USD 150, tax applies to the entire total taxable price with no deduction. The total taxable price combines the item price with freight, insurance and similar costs.
The item price used to judge the duty-free limit includes not only the product cost but also taxes charged in the shipping country, domestic shipping within that country, and insurance. International shipping and insurance can be excluded when they are clearly listed separately, so keep your receipts and order breakdowns.
The Korea Customs Service runs an online system where you can look up the expected tax before paying. Actual tax can differ depending on exchange rates and tax rates at the time of clearance. For questions, the customs call center is reachable at 125.
Personal Customs Clearance Code: What Changed in 2026
Shoppers in Korea who import goods use a personal customs clearance code, an ID issued by the Korea Customs Service. From January 1, 2026, the code has an expiry date and must be renewed every year.
If you received your code in 2026 or later, it is valid for one year from the issue date. If you received it before 2026, it expires on your birthday in 2027. Renewal is allowed only within 30 days before or after the expiry date, and the code is cancelled automatically if you miss that window. Changing your phone number or address, or getting the code reissued, restarts the one-year period from that day.
From February 2, 2026, identity checks require your delivery postal code to match your registered information, along with your name and phone number. You can register up to 20 addresses in advance, which helps if you ship to home, work or family. Each person may hold only one code, and new issuances, including reissues and cancellations, are limited to five per year.
Before checkout on Black Friday, confirm three things: your code is active and within its validity period, the delivery address and postal code on your order match a registered address, and your order total stays within the limit for its country of origin.
Black Friday 2026 lands on November 27, but Korea's fashion and beauty sales move on their own schedule. Olive Young's Black Friday ran November 1 to 7 and has ended, with its December sale offered as the next opportunity, while 29CM's Winter 29 Week is reported to run through November 19 with about 3,000 brands and discounts of up to 86%. For overseas orders, keep each purchase within USD 150, or USD 200 for US shipments, and make sure your personal customs clearance code and registered postal code are up to date before you pay.
