The officers took a copy of my USFK license and state license, and wrote down my plate number and phone number.
What now? Should I expect to hear about this from above?

Korean police ?

Ok now this is what I have heard form 3 people , the KNP take your details then when you go to clear /leave Korea your ticket/ violation will be there waiting for you ,therefore you have to pay any fines before you can clear ......................slick, huh ?

Up until five years ago or so, GIs in Korea never had to pay fines. If one arrived in the mail or if you were issued a ticket, you could just ignore it and nothing ever became of it. So basically, for 50 years, GIs could just completely ignore the traffic laws and never worry about getting in trouble.

I don't think there is anything wrong with the Korean gov't being able to collect traffic fines.

Yeah, but that would have to be a slightly unpleasant surprise when you're trying to leave the country. Would they let it slide if you didn't have the money?

One of the (many) places you have to clear when PCSing out of Korea is the PMO. The PMO has a direct link with KNP, and it checks to see if you have any outstanding tickets. If you do, they will not stamp your clearing papers. If you don't clear, you can't depart.

So it's not up to the Korean Police letting you slide because you're short on cash. It's the PMO. Will the PMO let you slide?? I highly doubt it.

A common scenario: Soldier A purchases a car from Soldier B. Unbeknownst to Soldier A, Soldier B had some outstanding tickets - but left country without paying them. 2-3 years later Soldier A shows up at PMO to clear... and guess what? Soldier A is on the hook to pay Soldier B's tickets. Soldier A can stand there and b!tch, stomp his feet, and scream "But it ain't fair" all day long ~ and it won't do him a bit of good.

Either he pays - or he doesn't clear.

I was pulled over once for making a bad u-turn. when the KNP saw i was American he just waved me on to leave. Didn't want to take time for paperwork and trying to speak english. it was nice...lol

I was in a car on the expressway and the guy driving was in the lane for vans. The KNP stopped him just so he could impress the other policeman with him that he could speak English.