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:

AM 61, FM 150, shortwave 2 (2005)

Radios:

47.5 million (2000)

Television broadcast stations:

43 (plus 59 cable operators and 190 relay cable operators) (2005)

Televisions:

15.9 million (1997)

Internet country code:

.kr

Internet hosts:

333,823 (2008)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

11 (2000)

Internet users:

35.59 million (2007)

Transportation
Korea, South

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 (2007)

Railways:

total: 3,472 km
standard gauge: 3,472 km 1.435-m gauge (1,342 km electrified) (2006)

Roadways:

total: 102,062 km
paved: 90,417 km (includes 3,103 km of expressways)
unpaved: 11,645 km (2006)

Waterways:

1,608 km (most navigable only by small craft) (2007)

Merchant marine:

total: 812
by type: bulk carrier 212, cargo 226, carrier 2, chemical tanker
133, container 80, liquefied gas 33, passenger 5, passenger/cargo
26, petroleum tanker 61, refrigerated cargo 16, roll on/roll off 9,
specialized tanker 4, vehicle carrier 5
foreign-owned: 31 (China 1, Japan 20, Norway 2, UK 1, US 7)
registered in other countries: 363 (Belize 1, Cambodia 22, China 1,
Cyprus 1, Honduras 6, Hong Kong 3, Kiribati 2, Liberia 3, Malta 2,
Marshall Islands 10, Mongolia 1, Netherlands 1, Panama 303, Russia
1, Singapore 3, Tuvalu 1, unknown 2) (2008)

Ports and terminals:

Inch'on, P'ohang, Pusan, Ulsan

Military
Korea, South

Military branches:

Republic of Korea Army, Navy (includes Marine Corps), Air Force
(2008)

Military service age and obligation:

20-30 years of age for compulsory military service, with middle
school education required; conscript service obligation - 24-28
months, depending on the military branch involved (to be reduced to
18 months beginning 2016); 18-26 years of age for voluntary military
service; women, in service since 1950, admitted to 7 service
branches, including infantry, but excluded from artillery, armor,
anti-air, and chaplaincy co