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Communications
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: 423 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling
7,006,481 GRT/11,658,104 DWT; includes 2 short-sea passenger,
130 cargo, 41 container, 11 refrigerated cargo, 11 vehicle
carrier, 49 petroleum, oils, and lubricants (POL) tanker,
8 chemical tanker, 10 liquefied gas, 10 combination ore/oil,
143 bulk, 7 combination bulk, 1 multifunction large-load carrier.
Civil air: 93 major transport aircraft.
Airports: 112 total, 105 usable; 61 with permanent-surface runways;
none with runways over 3,659 m; with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
17 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); satellite earth stations--2 Pacific Ocean INTELSAT and
1 Indian Ocean INTELSAT.