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Other pages in this profile of South Korea:
Geography, People, Government, Economy, Military & Transnational Issues.
Geography, People, Government, Economy, Military & Transnational Issues.
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Telephones - main lines in use |
Definition - World rank and map 26.866 million (2006) |
Telephones - main lines in use per 1,000 people |
Definition - World rank and map 545.7 (2006) |
Telephones - mobile cellular |
Definition - World rank and map 43.5 million (2007) |
Telephones - mobile cellular subscribers per 1,000 people |
Definition - World rank and map 883.6 (2007) |
Telephone system |
Definition general assessment: excellent domestic and international services domestic: NA international: country code - 82; numerous submarine cables provide links throughout Asia, Australia, the Middle East, Europe, and US; satellite earth stations - 6 (3 Intelsat - 1 Pacific Ocean and 2 Indian Ocean, 3 Inmarsat - 1 Pacific Ocean and 2 Indian Ocean) |
Radio broadcast stations |
Definition AM 61, FM 150, shortwave 2 (2005) |
Television broadcast stations |
Definition 43 (plus 59 cable operators and 190 relay cable operators) (2005) |
Internet country code |
Definition .kr |
Internet hosts |
Definition - World rank and map 315,537 (2007) |
Internet hosts per 1,000 people |
Definition - World rank and map 6.4 (2007) |
Internet users |
Definition - World rank and map 34.12 million (2006) |
Internet users per 1,000 people |
Definition - World rank and map 693 (2006) |
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Airports |
Definition - World rank and map 105 (2007) |
Airports - with paved runways |
Definition total: 68 over 3,047 m: 3 2,438 to 3,047 m: 21 1,524 to 2,437 m: 14 914 to 1,523 m: 11 under 914 m: 19 (2007) |
Airports - with unpaved runways |
Definition total: 37 914 to 1,523 m: 3 under 914 m: 34 (2007) |
Heliports |
Definition 536 (2007) |
Pipelines |
Definition gas 1,482 km; refined products 827 km (2007) |
Railways |
Definition - World rank and map total: 3,472 km standard gauge: 3,472 km 1.435-m gauge (1,342 km electrified) (2006) |
Roadways |
Definition - World rank and map total: 102,293 km paved: 78,581 km (includes 3,060 km of expressways) unpaved: 23,712 km (2005) |
Waterways |
Definition 1,608 km (most navigable only by small craft) (2007) |
Merchant marine |
Definition - World rank and map total: 804 ships (1000 GRT or over) 12,632,019 GRT/20,764,152 DWT by type: bulk carrier 204, cargo 218, carrier 2, chemical tanker 131, container 83, liquefied gas 32, passenger 5, passenger/cargo 24, petroleum tanker 65, refrigerated cargo 19, roll on/roll off 9, specialized tanker 5, vehicle carrier 7 foreign-owned: 15 (Japan 3, Norway 4, UK 1, US 7) registered in other countries: 384 (Belize 1, Cambodia 23, China 1, Cyprus 2, Honduras 6, Hong Kong 5, Kiribati 2, Liberia 3, Malta 6, Marshall Islands 10, Netherlands 1, Panama 311, Russia 1, Singapore 8, Tuvalu 1, unknown 3) (2008) |
Ports and terminals |
Definition Inch'on, P'ohang, Pusan, Ulsan |
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