Korea will introduce a new address system based on street numbers and building numbers from Thursday. The system, which is the standard in many other parts of the world, will replace the exiting classification based on areas and sub-divisions in different areas. Accordingly, the address for Seoul Station will be changed from “122-28, 2-ga, Bongrae-dong, Jung-gu, Seoul” to “1 Euijoo-ro, Joong-gu, Seoul.”

Introduced during the Japanese colonial era, the current system has been criticized for failing to exactly locate buildings amid rapid urbanization. For more details on the new addresses, visit www.juso.go.kr.

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