The Republic of Korea passport (Korean: 대한민국 여권, romanized: Daehan Minguk yeogwon) is issued to a South Korean citizen to facilitate their international travel. Like any other passport, South Korean passports serve as proof for passport holders' personal information, such as nationality and date of birth. South Korean passports also indicate the holder's resident registration number, unless the holder does not have one (however, a new version of the passport issued from 2021 onward will remove the bearer's resident registration number). South Korean passports are issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and have been printed by the Korea Minting and Security Printing Corporation (KOMSCO) since 1973. The general release of the next generation biometric passports has been postponed due to t