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majesticmako
Joined: 12 Oct 2008
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 Posted: Sun Feb 08, 2009 5:20 am Post subject: Getting a Korean Driver's License |
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Hello,
I have used the search function to find posts about getting a Korean driver's license, but I noticed that they were several years old and that laws might have changed.
So, could anyone give me a quick explanation of what I must do to obtain one? I have an American, New Jersey license at the moment and I live in the Gangnam area.
From what I understand, I am supposed to trade my current license in and take some sort of eye test? I'm not really comfortable with giving my American license in even if they're just going to hold onto it. |
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runthegauntlet
Joined: 02 Dec 2007
Location: the southlands.
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| Posted: Sun Feb 08, 2009 6:08 am Post subject: Re: Getting a Korean Driver's License |
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| majesticmako wrote: |
Hello,
I have used the search function to find posts about getting a Korean driver's license, but I noticed that they were several years old and that laws might have changed.
So, could anyone give me a quick explanation of what I must do to obtain one? I have an American, New Jersey license at the moment and I live in the Gangnam area.
From what I understand, I am supposed to trade my current license in and take some sort of eye test? I'm not really comfortable with giving my American license in even if they're just going to hold onto it. |
I got mine last summer from this hole-in-the-wall place near Masan, a real pain to get to. I had to give them my American driver's license, take an eye test, then take a 20 question written test.
It'd be good to know things like school zone limits, how to slow down on hills, etc. and other relevant things that you would have on an American test. I just barely passed it and wasn't sure about some other questions which I've now forgotten. Only one or two were so badly worded I had no idea what they were actually asking.
They kept my American driver's license but it expired two months ago and I just renewed online and got another American license. My Korean license is valid for 10 years or something. |
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