Railroads: 3,106 km operating in 1983; 3,059 km 1.435-meter standard gauge, 47 km 0.610-meter narrow gauge, 712 km double track, 418 km electrified; government owned

Highways: 62,936 km total (1982); 13,476 km national highway, 49,460 km provincial and local roads

Inland waterways: 1,609 km; use restricted to small native craft

Pipelines: 294 km refined products

Ports: Pusan, Inchon, Kunsan, Mokpo, Ulsan

Merchant marine: 425 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 6,857,943 GRT/11,566,433 DWT; includes 2 short-sea passenger, 139 cargo, 38 container, 12 refrigerated cargo, 11 vehicle carrier, 50 petroleum, oils, and lubricants (POL) tanker, 8 chemical tanker, 12 liquefied gas, 10 combination ore/oil, 135 bulk, 7 combination bulk, 1 heavy-lift carrier

Civil air: 93 major transport aircraft

Airports: 115 total, 108 usable; 63 with permanent-surface runways; 20 with runways 2,440-3,659 m; 18 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Telecommunications: adequate domestic and international services; 4,800,000 telephones; stations--79 AM, 46 FM, 256 TV (57 of 1 kW or greater); 1 satellite ground station

NOTE: The information regarding Korea, South on this page is re-published from the 1989 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Korea, South Communications 1989 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Korea, South Communications 1989 should be addressed to the CIA.