K-Universe Terms of Service

Version v1.1 · Effective date: September 8, 2026
Operator: Unichest Inc. · Contact: 4ddesigner@naver.com

1. Acceptance of These Terms

These Terms of Service (the "Terms") are an agreement between you and Unichest Inc. ("we", "us", "our") about your use of the K-Universe mobile application and the services inside it (the "Service").

By downloading, opening, or using K-Universe, you agree to these Terms. If you do not agree, please do not use the Service.

If you are under the age required by the law of your country to agree to a contract on your own, please use the Service only with the permission of a parent or guardian. K-Universe is not directed to children under 14.

2. Who We Are

• Operator: Unichest Inc. (유니체스트), Republic of Korea
• Contact email: 4ddesigner@naver.com

You can reach us at that email for any question, request, complaint, or report about the Service. We reply without undue delay.

3. What K-Universe Is

K-Universe is a travel information app for visitors to Korea. It bundles five travel mini-apps:

• K-map — finding places and getting information about them.
• K-Star — places connected to Korean pop culture.
• K-menu — reading and understanding Korean restaurant menus.
• K-taxi — estimating taxi fares and explaining how Korean taxis work.
• K-care — general health and pharmacy guidance while travelling.

4. What K-Universe Is Not

This is important, so please read it carefully.

• We are an information service only. We are not a travel agency, a tour operator, a booking agent, a transport provider, a restaurant, a pharmacy, or a medical provider. We do not sell, arrange, or guarantee any travel product or service.
• Venue information may be wrong or out of date. Opening hours, prices, menus, addresses, temporary closures, and permanent closures change often. We collect information in good faith, but we cannot promise it is accurate or current. Please confirm with the venue before you rely on it.
• Taxi fares are estimates, not official quotes. K-taxi shows an estimated fare based on distance and time. The real fare depends on traffic, the route the driver takes, and other factors. Tolls are paid on top of the meter — this is legal in Korea and is not an overcharge. A night surcharge applies automatically during late-night hours. Only the taxi meter and the driver's receipt are official.
• K-care is not medical advice. "This is general travel info, not medical advice. When in doubt, ask a pharmacist or doctor." In a real emergency, call 119 immediately. Do not delay treatment because of anything you read in this app.
• Third parties are not us. Restaurants, shops, attractions, hospitals, pharmacies, taxi companies, map providers, and any external booking or reservation site are operated by other companies. We are not responsible for their services, prices, availability, conduct, or content, and we are not a party to any contract you make with them.

5. Your Account

• Anonymous by default. You can use most of K-Universe without creating an account. The app signs you in to an anonymous session automatically.
• Optional Google sign-in. You can sign in with Google. This is required only if you want to post to Traveler Moments.
• One account per person. Please do not create multiple accounts to avoid limits, moderation, or a ban.
• Keep your account secure. You are responsible for activity that happens through your account and your device. If you think someone else is using your account, tell us at 4ddesigner@naver.com.
• Deletion. You can delete your account from inside the app: the My tab → Settings → Delete account. Deletion is immediate and permanent: your username is released for someone else to claim, your profile is deleted, and every Traveler Moment you posted — including the photo — is removed for everyone, not only for you. Anonymous per-device usage counters, moderation and report records, and any purchase held by Apple or Google are not removed; the Privacy Policy sets out exactly what stays and why. If you can no longer sign in, or have lost access to your device, email 4ddesigner@naver.com instead and we will action your request.

6. K Pass

• K Pass is a one-time digital purchase that unlocks additional features in the app.
• K Pass is a real purchase. On iOS it is processed by Apple through the App Store's In-App Purchase system; on Android it is processed by Google through Google Play Billing. The store handles your payment — we never see your card number, billing address, or other payment details.
• Refunds are handled by the store you purchased from — Apple under the App Store refund policy, or Google under the Google Play refund policy. Please send refund requests to Apple or Google, not to us. We cannot issue store refunds ourselves.

7. Your Content

"Your Content" means the photos, text, and other material you post in the Service, including posts to Traveler Moments.

• You keep ownership. Your Content stays yours. These Terms do not transfer ownership to us.
• Licence you give us. By posting, you grant us a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free licence to host, store, reproduce, display, and distribute Your Content within the app and in our promotion of the Service. This licence exists so that we can operate and show the feature and promote the Service, and for no other purpose.
• Your promises. You confirm that you have the right to post Your Content, and that it does not infringe anyone's copyright, trademark, privacy, publicity, or other rights, and does not break any law.
• Removal. You can delete your own post from inside the app. If you have reinstalled the app and can no longer delete an older post yourself, email 4ddesigner@naver.com and we will remove it.

8. Objectionable Content — Zero Tolerance

We do not allow objectionable, abusive, or illegal content or behaviour in K-Universe. There is no tolerance for it.

This includes, without limitation: sexual, pornographic, or explicit content and nudity; violence or gore; hate speech and attacks based on race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, disability, age, gender, or sexual orientation; harassment, bullying, threats, or targeting an individual; illegal content or the promotion of illegal activity; spam and commercial promotion; content that exposes another person's personal information; and content that helps someone find, follow, or stalk a real person.

How we enforce this:

• Posts are subject to moderation that combines automated screening with human review.
• Any user can report a post, and any user can block another user, from inside the app. Reporting and blocking take one tap from the ⋯ menu on a post.
• We review reports and remove violating content and eject the offending user within 24 hours.
• We may remove content, and suspend or terminate an account, for a violation of these Terms without prior notice.
• Serious violations are reported to the authorities where the law requires it.

Full details are in our Community Guidelines, which form part of these Terms.

9. Acceptable Use

When using K-Universe, you agree not to:

• scrape, crawl, harvest, or bulk-copy content or data from the Service;
• reverse engineer, decompile, or attempt to extract the source code or our prompts and models, except where the law expressly allows it;
• overload, disrupt, or attack the Service or our servers, or attempt to bypass usage limits, rate limits, or security measures;
• access the Service by automated means such as bots or scripts;
• impersonate another person, or misrepresent your connection to any person or organisation;
• use the Service for anything illegal, or in a way that harms other travellers, venues, or us.

10. Intellectual Property

The Service — including the app, its software, design, layout, text, icons, illustrations, and artwork (including artwork generated with AI tools and then edited and published by us) — is owned by or licensed to Unichest Inc. and is protected by copyright and other laws.

We grant you a personal, limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable licence to use the app for your own, non-commercial travel use. Nothing else is granted. You may not copy, sell, sublicense, or create derivative works from the Service without our written permission.

11. No Warranty

The Service is provided "as is" and "as available", with no warranty of any kind. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we disclaim all warranties, express or implied, including any implied warranty of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, accuracy, or non-infringement.

We do not warrant that the Service will be uninterrupted, error-free, secure, or that any information, translation, fare estimate, or health-related guidance it produces will be accurate, complete, or suitable for your situation.

12. Limitation of Liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law:

• we are not liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive loss, or for lost profits, lost data, lost opportunity, or wasted travel time or costs;
• our total aggregate liability arising out of or relating to the Service is limited to the amount you paid us in the 12 months before the event giving rise to the claim — and, if you paid us nothing, that amount is KRW 0.

Nothing in these Terms limits or excludes any liability that cannot be limited or excluded under applicable law, including liability for death or personal injury caused by our negligence, for fraud, or for wilful misconduct.

13. Indemnity

You agree to indemnify and hold harmless Unichest Inc. and its officers and employees from any claim, demand, loss, or reasonable cost (including reasonable legal fees) brought by a third party and arising from Your Content, your use of the Service, or your breach of these Terms or of any law.

14. Changes to the Service and to These Terms

We may add, change, suspend, or remove features of the Service, and we may update these Terms. When we update them, we post the updated version with a new effective date at this address. If a change is significant, we will make a reasonable effort to tell you inside the app. Continuing to use the Service after the new version takes effect means you accept it.

15. Termination

You may stop using the Service at any time by deleting the app, and you may delete your account yourself from inside the app at any time: the My tab → Settings → Delete account. If you can no longer sign in, or have lost access to your device, you may instead ask us to delete your account by email at 4ddesigner@naver.com. We may suspend or terminate your access if you break these Terms, if we are required to by law, or if we discontinue the Service. Sections that by their nature should survive termination — including content licence for material already published, intellectual property, disclaimers, limitation of liability, indemnity, and governing law — survive.

16. Governing Law and Jurisdiction

These Terms are governed by the laws of the Republic of Korea, without regard to its conflict-of-laws rules. Any dispute arising out of or relating to these Terms or the Service is subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Seoul, Republic of Korea. Mandatory consumer-protection rights you have under the law of your home country are not affected.

17. Contact

Questions, complaints, reports, and refund questions about anything other than the App Store:
Unichest Inc. — 4ddesigner@naver.com

Deleting your account and your content is done in the app, and does not need to go through us: use the My tab → Settings → Delete account for your account, and the ⋯ menu on your own post to delete a single Moment. Write to the address above only if you can no longer sign in or have lost access to your device.