th Korean won (Wn) = 100 chon

Exchange rates: North Korean won (Wn) per US$1 - 2.15 (May 1994),
2.13 (May 1992), 2.14 (September 1991), 2.1 (January 1990), 2.3
(December 1989)

Fiscal year: calendar year

Transportation
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Railways:
total: 4,915 km
standard gauge: 4,250 km 1.435-m gauge (3,397 km electrified; 159 km
double track)
narrow gauge: 665 km 0.762-m gauge (1989)

Highways:
total: 30,000 km
paved: 4,500 km
unpaved: 25,500 km

Waterways: 2,253 km; mostly navigable by small craft only

Pipelines: crude oil 37 km

Ports: Ch'ongjin, Haeju, Hungnam (Hamhung), Kimch'aek, Kosong,
Najin, Namp'o, Sinuiju, Songnim, Sonbong (formerly Unggi), Ungsang,
Wonsan

Merchant marine:
total: 88 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 712,480 GRT/1,140,923
DWT
ships by type: bulk 9, cargo 71, combination bulk 1, oil tanker 3,
passenger 2, passenger-cargo 1, short-sea passenger 1
note: North Korea owns an additional 4 ships (1,000 GRT or over)
totaling approximately 34,782 DWT operating under the registries of
Hondurus and Poland (1995 est.)

Airports:
total: 49
with paved runways over 3 047 m: 2
with paved runways 2 438 to 3 047 m: 15
with paved runways 1 524 to 2 437 m: 2
with paved runways 914 to 1 523 m: 1
with paved runways under 914 m: 2
with unpaved runways 2 438 to 3 047 m: 4
with unpaved runways 1 524 to 2 437 m: 5
with unpaved runways 914 to 1 523 m: 12
with unpaved runways under 914 m: 6 (1994 est.)

Communications
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Telephones: 30,000 (1990 est.)

Telephone system: system is believed to be available principally
for government business
domestic: NA
international: satellite earth stations - 1 Intelsat (Indian Ocean)
and 1 Intersputnik (Indian Ocean Region); other international
connections through Moscow and Beijing

Radio broadcast stations: AM 18, FM 0, shortwave 0

Radios: 3.5 million

Television broadcast stations: 11

Televisions: 400,000 (1992 est.)

Defense
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Branches: Korean People's Army (includes Army, Navy, Air Force),
Civil Security Forces

Manpower availability:
males age 15-49: 6,844,035
males fit for military service: 4,143,713
males reach military age (18) annually: 194,922 (1996 est.)

Defense expenditures: exchange rate conversion - $5 billion to $7
billion, 25% to 33% of GDP (1995 est.)

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