Hanaro Card
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Hanaro Card is contactless smart card
used in the public transportation system in Busan
, South Korea. First used in 1997, the Hanaro Card is now also used for paying at parking lots and toll booths.
Smart card
A smart card, chip card, or integrated circuit card , is any pocket-sized card with embedded integrated circuits. A smart card or microprocessor cards contain volatile memory and microprocessor components. The card is made of plastic, generally polyvinyl chloride, but sometimes acrylonitrile...
used in the public transportation system in Busan
Busan
Busan , formerly spelled Pusan is South Korea's second largest metropolis after Seoul, with a population of around 3.6 million. The Metropolitan area population is 4,399,515 as of 2010. It is the largest port city in South Korea and the fifth largest port in the world...
, South Korea. First used in 1997, the Hanaro Card is now also used for paying at parking lots and toll booths.