Korean addresses in English
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Address guides
Learn how to enter a Korean address in international forms without changing the official English spelling. Check apartment details, administrative areas, postal codes and the receiving service's requirements.
Start with the official address
Use the conversion walkthrough, then choose the topic you need. The displayed interface language is for guidance only; copy the official English address values into the receiving form.
Address fields
- Address Line 1 and 2
- Apartment buildings, units and floors
- City and State / Province
- ZIP and Postal Code
- Road and lot-number addresses
Forms and delivery
Unfamiliar address types on U.S. forms and overseas checkout
If a form asks for several addresses, identify each purpose before translating a Korean address. A place for correspondence, a home and a payment-related address are not automatically interchangeable.
- Mailing vs residential, physical and home addresses: where you receive letters versus where you live, including Street Address and USCIS terminology.
- Mailing vs permanent address: a correspondence destination versus the home an institution defines as permanent.
- Mailing vs billing, shipping and email addresses: letters, payment information, parcels and electronic correspondence.
Before submitting
Select South Korea first, check which fields are required, preserve the leading zero in the postal code, and re-read the saved address after autocomplete. Do not replace a rejected value with an invented one. Ask the receiving service if the country or address format is unsupported.
Data and service scope
These guides are practical explanations, not government-issued certificates or guarantees of delivery. Search and apartment inputs are excluded from analytics event values. Public base-address demand can be aggregated as described in Privacy.
Official sources
- Road Name Address Act Enforcement Decree, Article 6
- Road Name Address Act, Article 2
- Juso: official address lookup
- Korea Post: international addressing
Read this guide alongside the receiving service's current instructions. Korean official sources establish the address data, not every international form's field layout.