Seoul - Post Report Question and Answers
How do you send and receive your letters and package mail? Are local postal facilities adequate?
DPO. I've never used local post facilities for mailing to the US, but for local mail, it is fast, efficient, and cheap! - Mar 2022
DPO. These days it takes 7-10 days. - Nov 2021
DPO/pouch. - Feb 2020
APO - Feb 2016
DPO - Feb 2016
Diplomatic pouch. Korea's postal service is surprisingly affordable, too. - Jul 2015
DPO through the Embassy. It is also nice to have the post office on base to mail packages so you don't have to take everything to the Embassy to send out. - Feb 2015
Army APO. - Jan 2014
Korean Post works just as fine as DPO/APO. - Sep 2013
Government employees use APO.FedEX and local mail services are also available. - Jan 2011
US diplomats have the APO, pretty reliable, but wrongly-routed mail is not unusual. Books can very very slow, over a month. - Dec 2010
US Government employees have use of an APO for US Mail. Fed Ex is available also. Other expats may use the Korean mail service and the usual courier services: Fed Ex, DHL, and UPS. - Sep 2009
APO available. - Jul 2008
I have APO. - May 2008
