(1) A person who obtains a driver's license from the authorized foreign institution according to the Conventions, Agreement, or Arrangement prescribed in any of subparagraphs 1 through 3 (hereinafter referred to as "international driver's license") or a foreign driver's license recognized under subparagraph 4 (hereinafter referred to as "mutually recognized foreign driver's license") may drive a motor vehicle, etc. with such international driver's license or mutually recognized foreign driver's license for a period of one year from the date he or she enters the Republic of Korea, notwithstanding Article 80 (1). In such cases, the types of motor vehicles he or she may drive shall be limited to the ones that are entered in the international driver's license or the mutually recognized foreign driver's license: <Amended on Oct. 24, 2017; Jun. 9, 2020; Jan. 12, 2021; Oct. 19, 2021>
1. The Convention on Road Traffic concluded in Geneva in 1949;
2. The Convention on Road Traffic concluded in Vienna in 1968;
3. A Convention, Agreement, or Arrangement that mutually certifies international drivers’ licenses between the Republic of Korea and a foreign country;
4. A Convention, Agreement, or Arrangement that mutually certifies the driver's license issued by the Republic of Korea and the foreign country.
(2) A person who is issued an international driver's license in any foreign country or a person who drives with a mutually recognized foreign driver's license shall be prohibited from driving any commercial motor vehicle as provided in the Passenger Transport Service Act or the Trucking Transport Business Act; provided, the same shall not apply where that person rents any rental motor vehicle provided in the Passenger Transport Service Act to drive such vehicle. <Amended on Oct. 19, 2021>
(3) A person falling under the grounds for disqualification from holding a driver's license provided for in Article 82 (2) and for whom the period that is classified in any subparagraph of that paragraph has not elapsed shall not drive any motor vehicle, notwithstanding paragraph (1).[This Article Wholly Amended on Jun. 8, 2011][Title Amended on Oct. 19, 2021]