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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 |
26.866 million (2006) |
Telephones - mobile cellular |
40.197 million (2006) |
Telephone system |
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 - 3 Intelsat (1 Pacific Ocean and 2 Indian Ocean) and 3 Inmarsat (1 Pacific Ocean and 2 Indian Ocean) |
Radio broadcast stations |
AM 61, FM 150, shortwave 2 (2005) |
Television broadcast stations |
43 (plus 59 cable operators and 190 relay cable operators) (2005) |
Internet country code |
.kr |
Internet hosts |
315,537 (2007) |
Internet users |
34.12 million (2006) |
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Airports |
105 (2007) |
Airports - with paved runways |
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 |
total: 37 914 to 1,523 m: 3 under 914 m: 34 (2007) |
Heliports |
536 (2007) |
Pipelines |
gas 1,482 km; refined products 827 km (2006) |
Railways |
total: 3,472 km standard gauge: 3,472 km 1.435-m gauge (1,342 km electrified) (2006) |
Roadways |
total: 100,279 km paved: 87,032 km (includes 3,060 km of expressways) unpaved: 13,247 km (2004) |
Waterways |
1,608 km (most navigable only by small craft) (2007) |
Merchant marine |
total: 738 ships (1000 GRT or over) 10,636,466 GRT/17,371,943 DWT by type: bulk carrier 187, cargo 202, carrier 1, chemical tanker 119, container 81, liquefied gas 26, passenger 5, passenger/cargo 21, petroleum tanker 57, refrigerated cargo 19, roll on/roll off 8, specialized tanker 4, vehicle carrier 8 foreign-owned: 22 (China 2, France 8, Japan 1, Sweden 2, UK 1, US 7, Vietnam 1) registered in other countries: 386 (Belize 4, Cambodia 29, China 1, Cyprus 2, Greece 2, Honduras 6, Hong Kong 6, Indonesia 1, Liberia 4, Malta 3, Marshall Islands 3, Netherlands 1, Panama 316, Russia 1, Singapore 7, unknown 4) (2007) |
Ports and terminals |
Inch'on, Masan, P'ohang, Pusan, Ulsan |
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