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Road signs in North Korea differ by locale. Most of the time, they tend to closely follow China in design (but identically), and some road signs are unique to North Korea (such as an exclamation mark drawn on another sign to indicate other dangers), so they never appear elsewhere. The font used for Latin letters appear to be the same as in China.
However, UN compliant signs must make use of more pictograms in contrast to more text based US variants. Indeed, most American nations make use of more symbols than allowed in the US MUTCD. Unlike in Europe, considerable variation within road sign designs can exist within nations, especially in multilingual areas.
The roads were restored in the 1950s after being damaged during the Korean War, [2] then the 1960s saw the creation of paved roads around the centre of Pyongyang. [2] In the 1970s many expressways were built, followed by the 1980s when a network for Tourist Transport emerged, the 1990s continued this policy and added roads for the country's Special Economic Zones.
The title page of the Vienna Convention on Road Signs and Signals. The Convention on Road Signs and Signals, commonly known as the Vienna Convention on Road Signs and Signals, is a multilateral treaty to standardize the signing system for road traffic (road signs, traffic lights and road markings) in use internationally.
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South Korean road signs depict people with realistic (as opposed to stylized) silhouettes. Road signs in South Korea closely followed Japanese and European rules on road signs until the 1970s. South Korea signed the Vienna Convention on Road Signs and Signals on December 29, 1969, but has yet to ratify the Convention. [2]
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