South Korea

Asia, drives on the right, .kr, +82

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Script
Korean, Latin
Language
Korean
Road edge lines
White, solid
Centre lines
Yellow, solid, Double yellow
Bollards
Black/white stripes, White, black top
Bollard reflector
Yellow
Telephone poles
Concrete, Striped base
Street View car
Black, White, Grey / silver
Camera
Gen 3
Licence plates
White
Warning signs
Yellow triangle
Landscape
Mountainous, Hilly
Vegetation
Pine, Rice paddies

Country-wide 13

Plates

Plates: pre-2006 short green; post-2006 white private / yellow commercial (long & short)

Cars

Almost all road coverage = Gen3; car back usually visible - black, white or silver, never an antenna

Landscape

Much coverage in autumn/winter (spring/summer not uncommon)

Language unique here

Hangul - very recognisable circles in the letters, unlike other East-Asian scripts

Utility

Utility poles: black-yellow diagonal stripe markings near the bottom + tapered spike on top

Taiwan: Taiwan: stripes reach all the way down and look more orange; Korea: stripes stop above the ground and are more yellow. Hangul vs Chinese characters settles it.

General

Drives on the right

Markings

Yellow middle + white outer lines; sometimes red block markings on the road; speed bumps painted yellow-white

Signs

Warning triangles yellow (prohibition circles & yield = white); direction signs green with white text; street signs blue arrow-shaped, often hanging from a bar on the pole

Signs unique here

Pedestrian-crossing signs: pentagonal shape + blue background

Naming unique here

House-shaped blue house-number plaques with the full address in Hangul + Latin (regional variants exist → spotlight)

Bollards

Black-white wedge-shaped bollards - round yellow reflector front, grey back

Landscape

Predominantly mountainous - even flat areas show elevation on the horizon

Arch

Red brick very common; traditional tiled roofs w/ decorated corners, slightly upcurved sides - blue roofs frequent

Regional 3

General

Coverage limited & spotty - mostly big highways + major cities

Naming

Area codes increase southward: 02 Seoul (only 2-digit) → 064 Jeju

Cars

Gen2 almost only Seoul & Busan; small camera above the brake light → NE of Seoul + around Pohang

State or province 1

Landscape

Volcanic island: dark volcanic dirt, volcano views, black rock walls

Specific spots 2

Landscape unique here

One of the only completely flat areas - open yellow-green fields along nearly every road

Naming unique here

House numbers with a large white section on top