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Road signs in South Korea
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Road signs in South Korea are regulated by the Korean Road Traffic Authority (Korean: 도로교통안전공단).
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Signs indicating dangers are triangular with a red border, yellow background and black pictograms, similar to road signs in Greece. Mandatory instructions are white on a blue background, prohibitions are black on a white background with a red border, and supplementary information signs are rectangular with black text on a white background. Like other countries, the signs use pictograms to display their meaning. Any text included in signs will normally be in Korean and English. Signs are normally placed 1 to 2.1 meters high.[1]
South Korean road signs depict people with realistic (as opposed to stylized) silhouettes.
Road signs in South Korea closely followed Japanese and European rules on road signs until the 1970s.
South Korea signed the Vienna Convention on Road Signs and Signals on December 29, 1969, but has yet to ratify the Convention.[2]