# South Korea license plate: Diplomatic short

> The South Korea diplomatic short license plate: format 999-999, for example 607-113, documented since 2009, car.

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Part of [South Korea license plates](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/south-korea) (21 registration series).

![South Korea license plate, Diplomatic short (documented since 2009)](https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/kr/kr-diplomatic-short/south-korea-license-plate-diplomatic-short.svg)

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Format | `999-999` (9 any digit) |
| Years | ~2009 → today (documented from 2009; the format is likely older) |
| Class | diplomatic |
| Issued for | car |
| Plate size | 335 × 155 mm |
| Colours | background #1E2B57; characters #FFFFFF |
| Checking a registration | The format above follows the issuing rules: a registration that fits it is one this series could have issued. |
| Series id | `kr-diplomatic-short` (https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/south-korea/diplomatic-short) |

The same seven-word decode as the long diplomatic plate, with the word spaced across the top line: 외교 for diplomats down to 대표 for other missions. The two digit groups stay undecoded — no published rule says what they mean.

Sources:

- [Annex 7 drawing: 주한·외교공관·공관원 자동차 번호판 335x155 mm, two lines, word at 34 mm on line 1, digits at 60 mm on line 2, sample 외교 321-678](https://www.law.go.kr/LSW/flDownload.do?flSeq=158474389)
- [Art. 4(1)1(나); Art. 5(1) 외교용 rows](https://www.law.go.kr/DRF/lawService.do?OC=test&target=admrul&ID=2100000256300&type=XML)

## About this plate

The two-line diplomatic plate for vehicles that cannot take the 520 mm strip.

## About the format

Two-line plate: line 1 is the hangul word spread across the width (외 교), line 2 is 321-678 with a drawn hyphen.

## Other diplomatic plates here

- [Diplomatic long](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/south-korea/diplomatic-long) (documented since 2009)

## Use it

- Plate image (SVG): https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/kr/kr-diplomatic-short.svg
- Make it with your own text: https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plate-generator/south-korea?series=kr-diplomatic-short
- API: `GET https://vehiclesdb.com/api/v1/plates/kr` returns this series as the entry with `"id": "kr-diplomatic-short"` (https://vehiclesdb.com/api)

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