Automatic (implied) renewal

If the landlord gives no notice of non-renewal or changed terms between 6 and 2 months before the lease ends, and the tenant gives none by 2 months before the end, the lease is treated as renewed on the same terms (Housing Lease Protection Act, Art. 6(1)). The renewed term is 2 years (Art. 6(2)).

In an automatically renewed lease the tenant can give notice to end it at any time; it ends 3 months after the landlord receives the notice (Art. 6-2). This does not apply to a tenant whose rent arrears reached two months’ rent or who seriously breached the lease (Art. 6(3)).

Legal basis

Housing Lease Protection Act (주택임대차보호법), Art. 6, Art. 6-2