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[FXAdam]

In light of this statement from the "Business Hub" thread:

[kat2]

There are no "street addresses" in korea as we know them. Your mailing address is a series of different districts, followed by a building number, which may or may not be sequential to any buildings near your building. (I heard the buildings are numbered in the order they are built). SO, basiclaly, there is no way to find anything in this country since they don't use street names or building numbers.

In the city, a "gu" is a big district, which is divided into smaller "dong" districts. In teh country, a "gun" is the equivalent of the "gu", and then "eup" and "ri" are smaller, but I don't really understand those last two.

So, forget being able to use a good old street map and address to find something. YOu have to have directions like across from x, turn left, walk to the family mart, turn right. COmpletely idiotic.

[Alyallen]

Here ya go

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Administrative_divisions_of_South_Korea

The address system is a pain in the ass. Especially since you can't just give an address as a taxi direction unless it's something famous like the 63 building..

[reconhottie]

I still get my mail delivered )

[SuperFly]

Yeah, one of the most secure jobs in Korea is being a post/mailman. They're the only ones who actually can find half the addresses!

[huffdaddy]

According to my new Incheon map, a new address system is supposed to be implemented starting next month. And used exclusively by 2012.

http://www.juso.go.kr/index.html

[wylies99]