Road clue guides · Asia
How to recognise South Korea from the road
Drives on the right
Tall apartment blocks, wooded hills and neat rice fields. South Korea has its own alphabet, which settles it immediately.
What to look for
1
Hangul
Korean is written in Hangul, made of circles, lines and small boxes grouped into blocks.
2
Traffic on the right
Unlike Japan, South Korea drives on the right.
3
Yellow centre lines
Opposing traffic is divided by yellow lines.
4
Apartment towers
Clusters of tall, numbered apartment towers rise even in smaller towns.
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