Korean Road Naming System (도로명주소)

The new Korean address convention based on road names is supposed to become mandatory from 2014. I have seen these addresses in this format in the last couple of years and have usually abhorred using that style, finding it too inconvenient.

Last week, while searching for the pin code of our apartment, I got curious about the new format. Probably, the fact that I have been living here for some years got me so used to the land oriented lot-number addressing system rather than roads, that I disliked any change! Now that I looked a little into the naming method, I find it quite informative and useful. Locating new places is much more easier on our own. From a car navigation point of view, does not make any difference;)


So here it goes! All information is from Juso.go.kr

• Building number plate

• Road Name Assigning Method

  • Roads are divided into sections at 20 m. intervals, in west->east or south->north direction.

  • Left sides are odd-numbered while the right sides are even-numbered.

  • Intersecting streets are numerically numbered, again following the left=odd, right=even convention.

  • Finally, the main entrance of a building is given a number.

 
 

• How to read a road name plate