Seung Jin Wang , Tai Woo Chang , Ho Yon Kim , Yun Seok Nam

The KIPS Transactions:PartD, Vol. 11, No. 3, pp. 703-708, Jun. 2004
10.3745/KIPSTD.2004.11.3.703,   PDF Download:

Abstract

Currently the amount of general letter mail in Korea is on an increasing trend; especially it shows the seasonality that is concentrated in the end of the month or the year. However, the situation is not treated appropriately. Moreover, manpower insufficiency of the carriers causes the poor service and the heavy burden of work. Under the existing conditions, the various efforts such as development of the automatic sequence sorting system and construction of the address database are given in order to quicken mail process and lighten the carriers´ burden. But the inconsistent addressing and the various expressions of address drop the systems and the carriers off in efficiency. In this study, we present the Korean postal addressing standards to make it possible to improve the performance of address recognition and help postmen to sort the mail; particularly focusing on the substance. After analyzing the domestic system, the information structure and the problems of postal address, we propose four fundamentals and the standards including synonyms and acronyms. In addition, we suggest several considerations for mail format. We expect that this study could support the postal service in Korea as a basic standard.

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