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CentralCali
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 Posted: Fri Jun 12, 2015 10:27 pm Post subject: ZIP Code Reform in South Korea Effective 1 August 2015 |
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Somehow I managed to miss this announcement which was made back on 18 March 2015:
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Postal Code Reform into the State Basic District System
Department : international bu Date : 2015-03-18 Hits : 2731
Korea Post Announcement No. 2014-63
Please find the following announcement on new postal code reform based on the State Basic District System, as prescribed by Articles 5 and 9-2.15 of the Enforcement Decree of Postal Service Act.
December 1, 2014
President of Korea Post
Postal Code Reform into the State Basic District System
1. Purpose of Reform
o The State Basic District Number given to each State Basic District is to be used as the new postal code, according to Article 19(3) of the Road Name Address Act.
《 Applicable Law 》
[Article 19(3) of the Road Name Address Act] District numbers publicly notified pursuant to Article 18(3) shall constitute basic units of various districts publicized for the general public under other Acts, such as statistical districts, postal districts, and jurisdictions, unless particular reasons exist to the contrary.
o The State Basic District is used as the basic unit of various districts controlled by public authorities for the purposes including statistics, firefighting, public order, mail service and so on. It is anticipated that such State services will be provided more efficiently by sharing the information related to the State Basic District.
2. How It is Reformed
o The 5-digit district number assigned based on the geographic features (roads, rivers, railroads, etc.) and assigned to each State Basic District will replace the existing 6-digit postal code created based on the administrative units (Eup, Myeon and Dong) and the districts assigned to each postman.
- The first 3 digits out of 5 represent Special (Metropolitan) City / Province and Si (city) / Gun / Jachigu (“Autonomous Gu”)
- The last 2 digits are composed of serial numbers given to the districts inside the corresponding Si, Gun and Autonomous Gu, from the northwest corner of the district to the southeast.
< How the New Postal Code is Composed >
In the case of Gwanghwamun Post Office at 6, Jong-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul, Korea
o Number of new postal codes: 34,349
- Number of road name addresses to which new postal codes are given : 6,030,394 (as of October 27, 2014)
※ Please refer to the official website of Korea Post (www.koreapost.go.kr) for further details per region.
- Contrary to the current 6-digit postal code, the new postal code does not assign any new postal code to mass-delivery address or post office box.
※ The mass-delivery addresses or post office boxes are given the District Number of State Basic District (i.e. the new postal code) in which the applicable building or facility is located.
3. Use, Change, etc. of New Postal Code
o The new postal code is changed according to the assignment, modification or disuse of State Basic District and State Basic District Number (Article 18(3) of Road Name Address Act).
o The assignment of addresses to a new postal code may be changed according to the changes in the applicable data contained in the table provided by the Ministry of Government Administration and Home Affairs that matches the road name address with the lot number address.
o Since the existing 6-digit postal code and the new 5-digit postal code have different numbering systems and designated areas, they will not be used together.
4. Effective Date : August 1, 2015
5. Further Information
o For further information on the State Basic District and addresses (road name address and lot number address), please refer to the road name address information system (www.juso.go.kr) provided by the Ministry of Government Administration and Home Affairs.
Supplementary Provision
This Announcement will take effect on August 1, 2015, and the 6-digit postal code will be abolished commencing on the effective date. |
So, if you haven't figured out the new address system (which went into effect a few years ago) by now, you better hop to it since they're connected. Of course, you'll need to find out your new 5-digit ZIP code that's replacing the old 6-digit ZIP code. |
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Wad
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| Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2015 6:34 am Post subject: |
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| I wonder how this will affect utility bills being sent to my house? Will we have to contact the utility companies or will they automatically start using the new postal codes? |
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pmwhittier
Joined: 03 Nov 2011
Location: Korea
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| Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2015 4:37 pm Post subject: |
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| I wonder how this will affect utility bills being sent to my house? Will we have to contact the utility companies or will they automatically start using the new postal codes? |
I am certain that any company trying to collect money from you will figure out how to do so (ha ha). Besides, MOST gas and electric companies don't even mail the bill. They have the meter readers place the bills in your mailbox. That's why the bills never have postage on them. Like I said, MOST, not all, do this. |
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CentralCali
Joined: 17 May 2007
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| Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2015 5:21 pm Post subject: |
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| pmwhittier wrote: |
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| I wonder how this will affect utility bills being sent to my house? Will we have to contact the utility companies or will they automatically start using the new postal codes? |
I am certain that any company trying to collect money from you will figure out how to do so (ha ha). Besides, MOST gas and electric companies don't even mail the bill. They have the meter readers place the bills in your mailbox. That's why the bills never have postage on them. Like I said, MOST, not all, do this. |
Although the meter readers do put the bills in the mailboxes, the address is actually printed on the bill. When the new address system went into effect, the utility companies began printing the new address on the bill. This latest change should be pretty seamless too.
Here's how I found out about the new ZIP code system: I was on my way to a post office and I saw the announcement on the back of one of the post office trucks.
By the way, the first link I provided in the OP has a zip file you should download and unzip. That has the new ZIP codes. The codes are provided using the new address system. |
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pmwhittier
Joined: 03 Nov 2011
Location: Korea
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| Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2015 6:26 pm Post subject: |
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| I can see this being a difficulty (hopefully for just a short time) with packages coming from out-of-country. I think I'm going to make an Amazon order before this goes into effect. |
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