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[jessie-b]

I have my address, but it seems to be written in a random order. Can someone write a mock address for me so I know how it's supposed to look when I ask people to send things to me? Also, can one get things sent to them next week during the Thanksgiving holiday?
Thanks.

[Real Reality]

Korea Post
http://www.koreapost.go.kr/index.jsp
Click on the link below to see an image
http://www.koreapost.go.kr/images/eng/mailing/envelope01.gif
OR visit the webpage
http://www.koreapost.go.kr/servlet/kpp.eng.HtmlViewer?sc_mode=566136

International Address Formats (South Korea)
http://www.bitboost.com/ref/international-address-formats.html#South-Korea

[OiGirl]

Why would or should we write the name first on a Korean address written in English when it's name last in Korean? Of course, I usually do this (at least from outside Korea,) but I'm just wondering about the double standard.

Is it a standard or just a tradition to write the postal code in parenthesis?

The Postal Service is still pushing the "new" addresses; does anyone actually use them (except for KICE?)

But if you were to use the new address format, you would just use the street address and city? No Gu or Dong, right? And postal codes are no longer used?

[ilovebdt]

I write my address the same way as I do at home and have had no problems

e.g
Mr Green Nose
Happy Kim English School
450 Dogmeat Alley
456-345 Gwangju City
Kyounggido
South Korea

ilovebdt

[OiGirl]

So you really do write the street number? That's great if it works.

[kprrok]

I always put my address in both English and Korean for boxes coming from the States.

I use the standard format for the English address, but for Korean, I do it opposite.

Korea
City - ZIP code
blah blah gu, blah blah dong building number
building name, apartment/floor
my name

KPRROK

[ilovebdt]

[xox]

how long does it usually take for just letters to come writing the Korean address in English rather than Korean letters?

[wylies99]

4-6 weeks

[Qinella]

I've gotten some packages that were written really badly, and the guy who lived here before keeps getting things with addresses really mangled. It seems the only truly important elements are the numbers, which will be at least a zip code (6 digits xxx-xxx) and your apartment number, and then possibly a building number which is used to locate your building on a map. Building name doesn't hurt, either, if the name is conspicuous.

[Kimchieluver]

Your hand phone number doesn't hurt either.

[ilovebdt]

[wylies99]

[xox]

i'm just stressing over when you write in english sometimes its different.
for example my co-teacher wrote my address in English for me as Keingok-dong and thats the address I've given back home to send me my stuff, but I realized a while ago that the neighborhood is Geumgok-dong (sign on the street) now I'm just worried that the items previous to my realization won't make it.
Will it be lost in the post office world?
I'm getting people to write my address in Hangul instead now but those other things before I needed but I'm guessing is lost?

[Hyeon Een]

In big cities you'll have no problems. I lived in a small city my first year, and i think they employed one "english reading" guy. Who visited the town about once every two weeks. All foreigners who had stuff arriving written in English received their letters or packages at the same time on the same day(ie two weeks of nothing, then ten things delivered on the same day to different people).

If you're gonna be Korean about it, then reverse the western order when giving your address (ie biggest to smallest (country, town, address) rather than smallest to biggest (address, town country)) Thats only worth doing if you're writing in Korean rather than English though. I sent my father a picture image of my address in Korea and he printed it out and stuck it on stuff when he sent me stuff.. less screw ups that way in small towns. If you're in Seoul or another big city it probably doesn't matter so much.

Most importantly make sure they don't write "North Korea" on the packages =)