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Introduction - Korea, South: | Location - Korea, South: | People - Korea, South: | Government - Korea, South: | Economy - Korea, South: | Communications - Korea, South: | Transportation - Korea, South: | Airports | 107 (2006) | | Airports with paved runways | total: 69
over 3,047 m: 3
2,438 to 3,047 m: 21
1,524 to 2,437 m: 14
914 to 1,523 m: 11
under 914 m: 20 (2006) | | Airports with unpaved runways | total: 38
914 to 1,523 m: 3
under 914 m: 35 (2006) | | Heliports | 540 (2006) | | Pipelines | gas 1,482 km; refined products 827 km (2006) | | Railways | total: 3,472 km
standard gauge: 3,472 km 1.435-m gauge (1,342 km electrified) (2006) | | Roadways | total: 100,279 km
paved: 87,032 km (includes 3,060 km of expressways)
unpaved: 13,247 km (2004) | | Waterways | 1,608 km (most navigable only by small craft) (2007) | | Merchant marine | total: 669 ships (1000 GRT or over) 8,634,188 GRT/13,733,624 DWT
by type: bulk carrier 157, cargo 193, chemical tanker 98, container 81, liquefied gas 22, passenger 5, passenger/cargo 24, petroleum tanker 57, refrigerated cargo 17, roll on/roll off 6, specialized tanker 3, vehicle carrier 6
foreign-owned: 22 (France 12, Japan 1, UK 2, US 7)
registered in other countries: 365 (Belize 4, Cambodia 23, China 2, Cyprus 1, Georgia 1, Honduras 6, Hong Kong 6, Indonesia 1, Liberia 3, Malaysia 1, Malta 6, Marshall Islands 1, Panama 291, Singapore 17, unknown 2) (2006) | | Ports and terminals | Inchon, Masan, Pohang, Pusan, Ulsan | |
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This page was last updated on 16 September, 2007 Source: CIA >>> |