In addition to some of the various other rules you might see in Seoul or other areas, beware that buses are on a schedule and stop lights, signs and various traffic controllers do not apply to them. They will make left turns around other traffic stopped at a stop light from the right turn lane, et al.
Terminator trucks, ditto. These are 4 axle (or more) dump trucks or trailer trucks that were given, by law for many years, the right to ignore traffic rules because they were essential to the development of the country and most of them still do it, with impunity.
Basically stay away from busses and terminator trucks completely.
The rest of Koreans either don't know how to drive so they do it very slowly or the drive like madmen. They really don't look more than 30- 40 feet in front of their vehicle. I had one guy come at me head on in order to avoid a frog hopping across the road.
Experience: 4.5 years on motorcyles and in cars all over Korea. Pusan to Paju and Mokpo to Sokcho.
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