@shanesnh , for US tax purposes you should treat this "unemployment benefit" just as if you had received it in the USA -- in the US case it behaves like passive income ( i.e. does not attract FICA taxes ) and shows up schedule-1 and onto form 1040 -- just like other income. So I would suggest telling TurboTax that you have unemployment benefits and no 1099-G. It should work.
On refreshing my memory about the Tax Treaty between US and Korea, (a) unemployment benefit is not directly dealt with, (b) but there is a clause allowing ONLY Korea to tax wages/remunerations/ etc. from public sources. This kind of conflicts with the "saving clause" which allows each country to follow its own tax rules. Because I am not sure of the sourcing of Unemployment Benefit in Korea i.e. whether it is an insurance paid by the employer or it is from public sources. Hence , if Korea taxes this income then it may be eligible for foreign tax credit ( because it is not active income and therefore generally would not be included in the Foreign Earned Income Exclusion) as passive income like interest/dividend/ capital gain etc.
Does this help ? Is there more I can do for you ?
