Internet users:
29.22 million (2003)
Transportation Korea, South
Railways: total: 3,125 km standard gauge: 3,125 km 1.435-m gauge (661 km electrified) (2003)
Highways:
total: 86,990 km
paved: 64,808 km (including 1,996 km of expressways)
unpaved: 22,182 km (1999 est.)
Waterways: 1,608 km note: most navigable only by small craft (2004)
Pipelines:
gas 1,433 km; refined products 827 km (2004)
Ports and harbors:
Chinhae, Inch'on, Kunsan, Masan, Mokp'o, P'ohang, Pusan,
Tonghae-hang, Ulsan, Yosu
Merchant marine:
total: 535 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 5,978,949 GRT/9,761,699 DWT
registered in other countries: 442 (2004 est.)
foreign-owned: Bahrain 1, China 1, Gibraltar 1, Honduras 1,
Indonesia 1, Japan 3, Malaysia 1, Panama 1, Philippines 1, Saint
Vincent and the Grenadines 1, United Kingdom 1, United States 1
by type: bulk 97, cargo 174, chemical tanker 61, combination bulk
10, container 60, liquefied gas 19, passenger 3, petroleum tanker
73, refrigerated cargo 20, roll on/roll off 7, short-sea/passenger
2, specialized tanker 6, vehicle carrier 3
Airports:
102 (2003 est.)
Airports - with paved runways: total: 88 over 3,047 m: 3 2,438 to 3,047 m: 21 914 to 1,523 m: 12 under 914 m: 38 (2004 est.) 1,524 to 2,437 m: 14