Send SMS to East Asia: prices for 8 countries
China, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macao, Mongolia and North Korea form East Asia on this page. Business texting here is often transactional: reservations, deliveries, appointment times and verification of bookings.
Hong Kong and Macao mix Chinese and English on the same list, and Japanese and Korean customers expect polite, compact wording.
- Countries
- 8
- Lowest price
- $0.00308
- South Korea
- $40 top-up to South Korea
- 12,987 messages
Bulk SMS prices in East Asia
| Country | Calling code | Per message | For $40 |
|---|---|---|---|
 South Korea | $0.00308 | ||
 China | $0.00648 | ||
 Japan | $0.01188 | ||
 Macao | $0.01188 | ||
 Hong Kong | $0.01378 | ||
 Taiwan | $0.01408 | ||
 Mongolia | $0.03658 | ||
 North Korea | $0.06268 |
Time zones and timing
China, Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan and most of Mongolia use UTC+8; Japan and both Koreas use UTC+9. None of them change clocks.
Alphabets and message length
Chinese, Japanese and Korean characters are Unicode with 70 characters per segment, and one character usually carries a whole word, so texts stay short.
Tips for this region
- Plan for Unicode: count characters, not words.
- Hong Kong numbers have 8 digits after +852.
- Send reminders the day before with the date and time in local format.
Other SMS destinations by region
- North America
- Central America and Caribbean
- South America
- UK and Ireland
- Western and Central Europe
- Northern Europe
- Southern Europe and Balkans
- Eastern Europe and Central Asia
- Middle East and North Africa
- West Africa
- Central and Southern Africa
- East Africa and Indian Ocean
- South Asia
- Southeast Asia
- Oceania and Pacific
Text customers across East Asia
One account covers every country on this page. Paste a mixed list and the workspace sorts it by country, prices each number and shows the total before you send.