Exchange rates:
South Korean won per US dollar - 1,251.09 (2002), 1,290.99 (2001),
1,130.96 (2000), 1,188.82 (1999), 1,401.44 (1998)
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calendar year
Communications Korea, South
Telephones - main lines in use:
24 million (2000)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
28 million (September 2000)
Telephone system:
general assessment: excellent domestic and international services
domestic: NA
international: fiber-optic submarine cable to China; the
Russia-Korea-Japan submarine cable; satellite earth stations - 3
Intelsat (2 Pacific Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean) and 1 Inmarsat
(Pacific Ocean region)
Radio broadcast stations:
AM 104, FM 136, shortwave 5 (2001)
Radios:
47.5 million (2000)
Television broadcast stations:
121 (plus 850 repeater stations and the eight-channel American
Forces Korea Network) (1999)
Televisions:
15.9 million (1997)