🇰🇷 South Korea
Driving in South Korea.
Korea is the easiest country in Asia to drive as a short-term visitor: world-class expressways, mostly-bilingual signage, EV charging you trip over, and a rental system that actually takes IDPs at face value. The guide is in draft — topics below are what's coming first.
Test yourself
Road sign quiz
Ten Korean road signs — citation per answer.
STOP is an octagon in Korea (정지), unlike Japan's triangle. Test the rest.
Customs & the border
Before you arrive
Currency, food, drones, medications, cannabis — every claim cited.
Korea's cannabis law has been applied extraterritorially. Don't bring any across the border in any form.
Topics in draft
Expressways & tolls
The Hi-pass system, how to rent a transponder, and what the bus-lane signs mean on Gyeongbu.
Draft · sourced to MOLIT + KoROAD
EV charging density
Why Korea has the highest fast-charger density in Asia and which apps you need as a foreigner.
Draft · sourced to MOLIT + KoROAD
Rentals
KT Kumho, Lotte, SK — who rents to short-term visitors, IDP requirements, credit card rules.
Draft · sourced to MOLIT + KoROAD
Speed limits & enforcement
Speed-camera density, the "safe speed" system on expressways, school-zone enforcement.
Draft · sourced to MOLIT + KoROAD
Signs in Hanja + Hangul
Most highway signs are bilingual Korean + English; the exceptions to know before you drive.
Draft · sourced to MOLIT + KoROAD
Driving to Busan
The Seoul→Busan corridor, where to stop, and the Jeju ferry from Mokpo.
Draft · sourced to MOLIT + KoROAD