Road Address· English · Zip

Korea's road name address system (도로명주소), implemented nationwide in 2011, assigns a road name and sequential building number to every structure. Unlike the old lot-based system (지번), it reflects actual street layout — making navigation and delivery far more efficient.

The address structure is: Province/City → District → Road Name → Building Number. For example, in "서울특별시 종로구 세종대로 110," "세종대로" (Sejong-daero) is the road and "110" is the building number. Odd numbers are on the left side of a road from its start; even numbers on the right.

Romanization follows the Revised Romanization of Korean (Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism). Key rules: ① Vowels: ㅏ→a, ㅓ→eo, ㅗ→o, ㅜ→u ② Tense consonants (ㄲ·ㄸ·ㅃ) are written as plain (g·d·b) ③ Final consonants: ㄱ→k, ㄴ→n, ㄹ→l.

English address order is the reverse of Korean: Building Number → Road Name → District → City → Country → Postal Code.

Common road suffixes: Daero — boulevard (8+ lanes), Ro — road (general), Gil — alley/small street. The suffix is written as one hyphenated word (e.g., Sejong-daero, Teheran-ro, Insadong-gil).

Multi-unit residences — apartments (아파트), villas (빌라), and officetels (오피스텔) — require both the building number (동) and unit number (호) alongside the road address. Accurate notation is critical for international shipping and official documents.

Basic rule: Write the unit number first (prefixed with "Apt." or "Rm."), then the building number with "-dong." The unit always precedes the building.

On international shipping forms: use Address Line 1 for the road address (building no. + road name) and Address Line 2 for the unit details (e.g., Apt. 205, 101-dong).

Korea's Zip Code (우편번호) is a 5-digit code, updated in 2015 from the previous 6-digit format. The postal code is displayed automatically when you search for an address on this service — no need to look it up separately.

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