South Korea
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Passenger series
Commercial series
Taxi series
Smaller motorcycle series
Provisional series
Abnormal load vehicle series
Police series
Diplomatic series

Current passenger series 2004 in white on green.
The registration consists of four numerals, no coding anymore.
At the top of the plate are two numerals, followed by a Korean letter.

Current passenger series 2004 in white on green.
The registration consists of four numerals, no coding anymore.
At the top of the plate are two numerals, followed by a Korean letter.

Current passenger series 2004 in white on green.
The registration consists of four numerals, no coding anymore.
At the top of the plate are two numerals, followed by a Korean letter.

Former passenger series issued between 1978 and 2003 in white on green.
The registration consists of one or two Korean letters, followed by four numerals.
At the top of the plate are characters indicating the district and two numerals indicating the vehicle class.
In this case a private car where the Korean letters stand for Seoul City.
Bottom left are the four numerals written down in very small Korean letters.

Former passenger series issued between 1978 and 2003 in white on green.
The registration consists of one or two Korean letters, followed by four numerals.
At the top of the plate are characters indicating the district and two numerals indicating the vehicle class.
In this case a private car where the Korean letters stand for Kyonggi-do.
Bottom left are the four numerals written down in very small Korean letters.

Former passenger series issued between 1978 and 2003 in white on green.
The registration consists of one or two Korean letters, followed by four numerals.
At the top of the plate are characters indicating the district and two numerals indicating the vehicle class.
In this case a private car where the Korean letters stand for Taejon City.
Bottom left are the four numerals written down in very small Korean letters.

Former passenger series issued between 1978 and 2003 in white on green.
The registration consists of one or two Korean letters, followed by four numerals.
At the top of the plate are characters indicating the district and two numerals indicating the vehicle class.
In this case a private car where the Korean letters stand for Inch'on City.
Bottom left are the four numerals written down in very small Korean letters.

Former passenger series issued between 1978 and 2003 in white on green.
The registration consists of one or two Korean letters, followed by four numerals.
At the top of the plate are characters indicating the district and two numerals indicating the vehicle class.
In this case a private car where the Korean letters stand for Kwangju City.
Bottom left are the four numerals written down in very small Korean letters.

Former passenger series issued between 1978 and 2003 in white on green.
The registration consists of one or two Korean letters, followed by four numerals.
At the top of the plate are characters indicating the district and two numerals indicating the vehicle class.
In this case a private car where the Korean letters stand for Kyonggi-do.
Bottom left are the four numerals written down in very small Korean letters.

Former passenger series issued between 1978 and 2003 in white on green.
The registration consists of one or two Korean letters, followed by four numerals.
At the top of the plate are characters indicating the district and two numerals indicating the vehicle class.
In this case a private car where the Korean letters stand for Pusan City.
Bottom left are the four numerals written down in very small Korean letters.

Former passenger series issued between 1978 and 2003 in white on green.
The registration consists of one or two Korean letters, followed by four numerals.
At the top of the plate are characters indicating the district and two numerals indicating the vehicle class.
In this case a private car where the Korean letters stand for Seoul City.
Bottom left are the four numerals written down in very small Korean letters.

Former passenger series issued between 1978 and 2003 in white on green.
The registration consists of one or two Korean letters, followed by four numerals.
At the top of the plate are characters indicating the district and two numerals indicating the vehicle class.
In this case a private car where the Korean letters stand for Kyongsang-namdo.
Bottom left are the four numerals written down in very small Korean letters.

Former passenger series issued between 1978 and 2003 in white on green.
The registration consists of one or two Korean letters, followed by four numerals.
At the top of the plate are characters indicating the district and two numerals indicating the vehicle class.
In this case a private car where the Korean letters stand for Seoul City.
Bottom left are the four numerals written down in very small Korean letters.

Former passenger series issued between 1978 and 2003 in white on green.
The registration consists of one or two Korean letters, followed by four numerals.
At the top of the plate are characters indicating the district and two numerals indicating the vehicle class.
In this case a private car where the Korean letters stand for Pusan City.
Bottom left are the four numerals written down in very small Korean letters.

Former series issued between 1978 and 2003 in white on green.
The registration consists of one or two Korean letters, followed by four numerals.
At the top of the plate are characters indicating the district and two numerals indicating the vehicle class.
In this case a large bus where the Korean letters stand for Seoul City.
Bottom left are the four numerals written down in very small Korean letters.

Former series issued between 1978 and 2003 in white on green.
The registration consists of one or two Korean letters, followed by four numerals.
At the top of the plate are characters indicating the district and two numerals indicating the vehicle class.
In this case a truck where the Korean letters stand for Seoul City.
Bottom left are the four numerals written down in very small Korean letters.

Former passenger series issued between 1978 and 2003 in white on green.
The registration consists of one or two Korean letters, followed by four numerals.
At the top of the plate are characters indicating the district and two numerals indicating the vehicle class.
In this case a private car where the Korean letters stand for Taejon City.
Bottom left are the four numerals written down in very small Korean letters.

Former series issued between 1978 and 2003 in white on green.
The registration consists of one or two Korean letters, followed by four numerals.
At the top of the plate are characters indicating the district and two numerals indicating the vehicle class.
In this case a bus where the Korean letters stand for Seoul City.
Bottom left are the four numerals written down in very small Korean letters.

Former passenger series issued between 1978 and 2003 in white on green.
The registration consists of one or two Korean letters, followed by four numerals.
At the top of the plate are characters indicating the district and two numerals indicating the vehicle class.
In this case a private car where the Korean letters stand for Ch'ungch'ong-bukdo.
Bottom left are the four numerals written down in very small Korean letters.

Former passenger series issued between 1978 and 2003 in white on green.
The registration consists of one or two Korean letters, followed by four numerals.
At the top of the plate are characters indicating the district and two numerals indicating the vehicle class.
In this case a private car where the Korean letters stand for Seoul City.
Bottom left are the four numerals written down in very small Korean letters.

Former passenger series issued between 1978 and 2003 in white on green.
The registration consists of one or two Korean letters, followed by four numerals.
At the top of the plate are characters indicating the district and two numerals indicating the vehicle class.
In this case a private car where the Korean letters stand for Kyonggi-do.
Bottom left are the four numerals written down in very small Korean letters.

Former passenger series issued between 1978 and 2003 in white on green.
The registration consists of one or two Korean letters, followed by four numerals.
At the top of the plate are characters indicating the district and two numerals indicating the vehicle class.
In this case a private car where the Korean letters stand for Kyonggi-do.
Bottom left are the four numerals written down in very small Korean letters.

Former passenger series issued between 1978 and 2003 in black on white (colours issued in some cities).
The registration consists of one or two Korean letters, followed by four numerals.
At the top of the plate are characters indicating the district and two numerals indicating the vehicle class.
In this case a private car where the Korean letters stand for Kyonggi-do.
Bottom left are the four numerals written down in very small Korean letters.

Commercial series since 1978 in blue on yellow.
The registration consists of one or two Korean letters, followed by four numerals.
At the top of the plate are characters indicating the district and two numerals indicating the vehicle class.
In this case a taxi where the Korean letters stand for Kyonggi-do.
Bottom left are the four numerals written down in very small Korean letters.

Commercial series since 1978 in blue on yellow.
The registration consists of one or two Korean letters, followed by four numerals.
At the top of the plate are characters indicating the district and two numerals indicating the vehicle class.
In this case a taxi where the Korean letters stand for Kyonggi-do.
Bottom left are the four numerals written down in very small Korean letters.

Current taxi series since 1978 in blue on yellow.
The registration consists of one or two Korean letters, followed by four numerals.
At the top of the plate are characters indicating the district and two numerals indicating the vehicle class.
In this case a taxi where the Korean letters stand for Seoul City.
Bottom left are the four numerals written down in very small Korean letters.

Current taxi series since 1978 in blue on yellow.
The registration consists of one or two Korean letters, followed by four numerals.
At the top of the plate are characters indicating the district and two numerals indicating the vehicle class.
In this case a taxi where the Korean letters stand for Seoul City.
Bottom left are the four numerals written down in very small Korean letters.

Current smaller motorcycle series in blue on white.
The registration consists of one or two Korean letters, followed by four numerals.
At the top of the plate are characters indicating the district and two registration centre code.
The district in this case is Seoul City.

Current smaller motorcycle series in blue on white.
The registration consists of one or two Korean letters, followed by four numerals.
At the top of the plate are characters indicating the district and two registration centre code.
The district in this case is Seoul City.

Current smaller motorcycle series in blue on white.
The registration consists of one or two Korean letters, followed by four numerals.
At the top of the plate are characters indicating the district and two registration centre code.
The district in this case is Seoul City.

Current provisional series in black on white (wooden plate).
The registration consists of six numerals.
At the top of the plate are the dates of validity, the plate is valid for ten days.
At the bottom of the plate is the name of the town where the vehicle was made
and the characters denoting "Chief of provincial government".

Current provisional series in black on white (wooden plate).
The registration consists of six numerals.
At the top of the plate are the dates of validity, the plate is valid for ten days (10-19 October 2005).
At the bottom of the plate is some unknown Korean text.

Provisional series in black on white.
The registration consists of six numerals crossed by two red diagonals.

Abnormal load vehicle series in white on red.
The registration consists of two numerals, followed by Korean letters and four numerals.
The first two numerals denote the vehicle type. 02 stands for truck-mounted excavator.
At the top of the plate are characters indicating the district, in this case Seoul City.

Current police series in black on white.
The registration consists of two numerals, followed by one Korean letters and four numerals.

Former diplomatic series issued between 2001 and 2007 in white on blue.
The registration consists of six numerals.
The first three numerals indicate the embassy where 014 stands for Japan.
At the top of the plate are Korean characters that stand for Ambassador,
followed by a number indicating the vehicle class where 5 stands for buses and coaches.

Former diplomatic series issued between 2001 and 2007 in white on blue.
The registration consists of six numerals.
The first three numerals indicate the embassy where 061 stands for the E.U..
At the top of the plate are Korean characters that stand for Ambassador,
followed by a number indicating the vehicle class where 1 stands for cars, light vans or small buses.
