Transportation
Railways:
total: 6,240 km
standard gauge: 6,240 km 1.435-m gauge (525 km electrified) (1998
est.)
Highways:
total: 63,500 km
paved: 46,800 km (including 1,720 km of expressways)
unpaved: 16,700 km (1998 est.)
Waterways: 1,609 km; use restricted to small native craft
Pipelines: petroleum products 455 km; note—additionally, there is a parallel petroleum, oils, and lubricants (POL) pipeline being completed
Ports and harbors: Chinhae, Inch'on, Kunsan, Masan, Mokp'o,
P'ohang, Pusan, Tonghae-hang, Ulsan, Yosu
Merchant marine:
total: 442 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 5,212,089
GRT/8,161,845 DWT
ships by type: bulk 106, cargo 133, chemical tanker 36, combination
bulk 5, container 52, liquefied gas tanker 13, multifunction
large-load carrier 1, oil tanker 56, passenger 3, refrigerated cargo
22, roll-on/roll-off cargo 2, short-sea passenger 1, specialized
tanker 3, vehicle carrier 9 (1998 est.)
Airports: 103 (1998 est.)
Airports—with paved runways: total: 68 over 3,047 m: 1 2,438 to 3,047 m: 18 1,524 to 2,437 m: 15 914 to 1,523 m: 13 under 914 m: 21 (1998 est.)
Airports—with unpaved runways: total: 35 914 to 1,523 m: 3 under 914 m: 32 (1998 est.)