Postal codes in South Korea

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Postal codes in South Korea are composed of five digits. A new system of post codes was introduced on August 1, 2015.^[1] The first postal code in South Korea was established on July 1, 1970, and has been revised three times: in 1988, 2000, and 2015.^[2][3]