s 1,433 km; refined products 827 km (2004)

Ports and harbors:
Chinhae, Inch'on, Kunsan, Masan, Mokp'o, P'ohang, Pusan,
Tonghae-hang, Ulsan, Yosu

Merchant marine:
total: 535 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 5,978,949 GRT/9,761,699 DWT
registered in other countries: 442 (2004 est.)
foreign-owned: Bahrain 1, China 1, Gibraltar 1, Honduras 1,
Indonesia 1, Japan 3, Malaysia 1, Panama 1, Philippines 1, Saint
Vincent and the Grenadines 1, United Kingdom 1, United States 1
by type: bulk 97, cargo 174, chemical tanker 61, combination bulk
10, container 60, liquefied gas 19, passenger 3, petroleum tanker
73, refrigerated cargo 20, roll on/roll off 7, short-sea/passenger
2, specialized tanker 6, vehicle carrier 3

Airports:
102 (2003 est.)

Airports - with paved runways:
total: 88
over 3,047 m: 3
2,438 to 3,047 m: 21
914 to 1,523 m: 12
under 914 m: 38 (2004 est.)
1,524 to 2,437 m: 14

Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 91
914 to 1,523 m: 3
under 914 m: 88 (2004 est.)

Heliports:
206 (2003 est.)

Military Korea, South

Military branches:
Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, National Maritime Police
(Coast Guard)

Military manpower - military age and obligation:
20-30 years of age for compulsory military service; conscript
service obligation - 24-28 months, depending on the military branch
involved; 18 years of age for voluntary military service (2004)

Military manpower - availability:
males age 15-49: 14,233,895 (2004 est.)

Military manpower - fit for military service:
males age 15-49: 8,966,241 (2004 est.)

Military manpower - reaching military age annually:
males: 341,697 (2004 est.)

Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$14.522 billion (FY03)

Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
2.7% (FY03)

Transnational Issues Korea, South

Disputes - international:
Military Demarcation Line within the 4-km wide Demilitarized Zone
has separated North from South Korea since 1953; periodic maritime
disputes with North Korea over the Northern Limit Line; unresolved
dispute with Japan over Liancourt Rocks (Tok-do/Take-shima) and
occasional protests over fishing rights in grounds also claimed by
Japan

This page was last updated on 10 February, 2005

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Introduction Kuwait

Background:
Britain oversaw foreign relations and