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| KOREAN TRANSPORTATION STATS: |
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Airports > With paved runways > 914 to 1523 m
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12 |
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[28th of 117]
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Airports > With unpaved runways > 914 to 1523 m
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3 |
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[108th of 137]
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Highways > Paved
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64,808 km |
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[29th of 171]
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Highways > Total
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86,990 km |
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[32nd of 181]
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Ports and harbors
Chinhae, Inch'on, Kunsan, Masan, Mokp'o, P'ohang, Pusan, Tonghae-hang, Ulsan, Yosu |
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Railways, passengers carried > million passenger-km
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31,004 million passenger-km
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[11th of 83]
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Roads, goods transported > million ton-km
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518 million ton-km
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[26th of 52]
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Roads, passengers carried > million passenger-km
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9,169 million passenger-km
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[16th of 33]
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Roads, paved > % of total roads
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86.76 %
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[21st of 163]
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Roads, total network > km
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100,279 km
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[19th of 172]
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Roadways > Paved
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87,032 km
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[27th of 205]
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Roadways > Total
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100,279 km
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[39th of 222]
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Roadways > Unpaved
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13,247 km
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[80th of 175]
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Transnational Issues > Disputes > international
Military Demarcation Line within the 4-km wide Demilitarized Zone has separated North from South Korea since 1953; periodic maritime disputes with North Korea over the Northern Limit Line; unresolved dispute with Japan over Liancourt Rocks (Tok-do/Take-shima) and occasional protests over fishing rights in grounds also claimed by Japan |
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Travel services > % of commercial service exports
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12.89 %
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[121st of 153]
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Travel services > % of commercial service imports
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26.52 %
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[59th of 153]
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Vehicle abundance
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110.36 per square km |
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[7th of 141]
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Waterways
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1,608 km
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[49th of 106]
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Waterways > A note
restricted to small native craft |
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World Forum for Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations > participating countries > Code
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51
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[2nd of 44]
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SOURCES: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; World Development Indicators database; CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007
; CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005
World Bank Global Development Indicators, 2001; World Bank, World Development Indicators 2001, Washington, DC: World Bank, 2001; CIA World Factbook, December 2003; Wikipedia: World Forum for Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations
ALTERNATIVE NAMES:
Korea, South, Republic of Korea, South Korea, Taehan-min'guk, korea, republic of, korea, rep. of, korea-south, SKOREA, Korea Republic, Korean Republic, Korea (Rep.), Korea
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