tion Korea, South

Railways: total: 3,124 km standard gauge: 3,124 km 1.435-m gauge (661
km electrified) (2000)

Highways: total: 87,534 km paved: 65,388 km (including 1,996 km of
expressways) unpaved: 22,146 km (1999)

Waterways: 1,609 km note: restricted to small native craft

Pipelines: petroleum products 455 km

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

Merchant marine: total: 501 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 5,679,171
GRT/9,172,403 DWT ships by type: bulk 104, cargo 160, chemical tanker 47,
combination bulk 6, container 52, liquefied gas 16, multi-functional
large-load carrier 1, passenger 3, petroleum tanker 73, refrigerated
cargo 25, roll on/roll off 5, short-sea passenger 1, specialized tanker 3,
vehicle carrier 5, includes some foreign-owned ships registered here as
a flag of convenience: Australia 1, Bulgaria 1, China 1, Greece 1, Japan
1, Malaysia 1, Norway 1, Panama 1, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1,
United Kingdom 1 (2002 est.)

Airports: 102 (2001)

Airports - with paved runways: total: 68 over 3,047 m: 2 2,438 to 3,047
m: 19 914 to 1,523 m: 11 under 914 m: 20 (2001) 1,524 to 2,437 m: 16

Airports - with unpaved runways: total: 34 914 to 1,523 m: 2 under 914 m:
32 (2001)

Heliports: 203 (2001)

Military Korea, South

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

Military manpower - military age: 18 years of age (2002 est.)

Military manpower - availability: males age 15-49: 14,194,960 (2002 est.)

Military manpower - fit for military service: males age 15-49: 8,990,488
(2002 est.)

Military manpower - reaching military age annually: males: 394,397
(2002 est.)

Military expenditures - dollar figure: $12.8 billion (FY00)

Military expenditures - percent of GDP: 2.8% (FY00)

Transnational Issues Korea, South

Disputes - international: Demarcation Line with North Korea; Liancourt
Rocks (Takeshima/Tokdo) disputed with Japan

This page was last updated on 1 January 2002

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Christmas Island

Introduction

Christmas Island

Background: Named in 1643 for the day of its discovery, the island was
annexed and settlement was begun by the UK in 1888. Phosphate mining
began in the 1890s. The UK transferred sovereignty to Australia in
1958. Almost two-thirds of the island h