Korean Address Guides

7 guides for writing, reading and shipping to Korean addresses: how the road-name system works, how to fill in shipping forms and envelopes, and what the unit and floor notation means. Facts are checked against the Ministry of the Interior and Safety address data and Korea Post, and each guide shows when it was last updated.

• How Korean Addresses Work — A Practical Guide

  Understand a Korean address like "152 Teheran-ro, Gangnam-gu, Seoul": road names, building numbers, districts, postal codes, and how to read the Korean version.

• How to Write a Korean Address on Shipping Forms

  Field-by-field guide to entering a South Korean delivery address in international shipping and e-commerce forms, with the postal code and address line mapping.

• How to Find the Postal Code for Any Korean Address

  Step-by-step: find the 5-digit South Korean postal code (zip code) from a romanized address, a Korean address, or a building name — and avoid the common pitfalls.

• Reading Addresses in Korean Leases and Property Documents

  Korean leases and property registers use lot-number (jibun) addresses while mail uses road-name addresses. How to read both, match them, and check the building.

• Your Address in Korea on the e-Arrival Card and K-ETA

  What to type in the "address in Korea" field of the e-Arrival Card and the K-ETA: which form you need, how the address search works, hotels, apartments, and same-day transit.

• Korean Apartment Addresses in English: Dong, Ho, Floor, Basement

  How to write a Korean apartment or unit address in English: what dong and ho mean, where they go, floors, basement units, and why the building address alone is not enough.

• How to Address an Envelope or Parcel to South Korea

  Line-by-line layout for a letter or package to South Korea: unit, street, city and postal code, the country line, whether to add Korean, and the phone number customs asks for.