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Asia > Korea, South > Media

KOREAN MEDIA STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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75th Academy Award > Best Foreign Film > English title Oasis (film)
76th Academy Award > Best Foreign Film > English title
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring
Ally McBeal > Broadcasters > TV network Home CGV
Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Applied sciences 3,513 Time series [10th of 77]
    Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Applied sciences (per capita) 77.166 per million people Time series [21st of 77]
Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Arts and recreation 6,543 Time series [3rd of 72]
Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Generalities 303 Time series [21st of 70]
    Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Generalities (per capita) 6.656 per million people Time series [44th of 70]
Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Geography, history 716 Time series [19th of 77]
    Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Geography, history (per capita) 15.728 per million people Time series [35th of 77]
Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Literature 4,164 Time series [11th of 77]
    Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Literature (per capita) 91.466 per million people Time series [30th of 76]
Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Philology 1,384 Time series [4th of 70]
    Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Philology (per capita) 30.401 per million people Time series [15th of 69]
Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Philosophy, psychology 678 Time series [12th of 68]
    Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Philosophy, psychology (per capita) 14.893 per million people Time series [23rd of 67]
Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Pure sciences 359 Time series [27th of 72]
    Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Pure sciences (per capita) 7.886 per million people Time series [43rd of 72]
Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Religion, theology 1,605 Time series [9th of 73]
    Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Religion, theology (per capita) 35.255 per million people Time series [22nd of 72]
Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Social sciences 3,201 Time series [12th of 77]
    Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Social sciences (per capita) 70.313 per million people Time series [37th of 76]
Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Total 30,487 Time series [9th of 80]
    Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Total (per capita) 669.676 per million people Time series [22nd of 79]
Broadcasters of Medium > Broadcasters > Alternate title/Translation Ghost and Crime
Cinema attendance 54,722,000 [15th of 78]
    Cinema attendance (per capita) 1,125.02 per 1,000 people [32nd of 78]
Cinemas 588 Time series [12th of 61]
    Cinemas (per capita) 12.613 per million people Time series [32nd of 60]
Cinemas > Annual attendance 54,700,000 Time series [11th of 65]
    Cinemas > Annual attendance (per capita) 1.173 per capita Time series [26th of 64]
Cinemas > Seats 195,000 Time series [8th of 44]
    Cinemas > Seats (per capita) 4.183 per 1,000 people Time series [29th of 43]
Computer, communications and other services > % of commercial service exports 28.18 % Time series [51st of 153]
Computer, communications and other services > % of commercial service imports 37.49 % Time series [39th of 155]
Digital terrestrial television > Analog Switch-Off Planned 2011
Digital terrestrial television > Analogue to digital transition > Official launch 2001
Digital terrestrial television > Analogue to digital transition > System used ATSC
DVD region 3 [113rd of 171]
E-Government rating 64 [2nd of 182]
Films produced 82 [12th of 50]
    Films produced (per capita) 1.686 per 1 million people [24th of 50]
Fixed line and mobile phone subscribers > per 1,000 people 1,285.61 per 1,000 people Time series [31st of 193]
Ghost Whisperer > International broadcasting > Time
Wednesdays and Thursdays at 4:00 PM
HAM radio prefixes HLA - HLZ
Households with television > % 98.01 % Time series [8th of 160]
Information and communication technology expenditure > current US$ 58,768,600,000 $ Time series [10th of 74]
    Information and communication technology expenditure > current US$ (per $ GDP) 0.069 $ per $1 of GDP Time series [29th of 74]
    Information and communication technology expenditure > current US$ (per capita) 1,127.319 $ per capita Time series [22nd of 74]
International dialling code 82
International voice traffic > out and in, minutes 3,869,000,000 min. Time series [9th of 164]
    International voice traffic > out and in, minutes (per capita) 80.858 min. per capita Time series [45th of 185]
Mobile phone subscribers 38,342,320 Time series [15th of 198]
    Mobile phone subscribers (per capita) 793.933 per 1 million people Time series [41st of 201]
Mobile phones 67.95 per 100 people [22nd of 43]
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Daily 116 Time series [11th of 106]
    Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Daily (per capita) 2.468 per million people Time series [39th of 104]
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Non-daily 4,708 Time series [2nd of 69]
    Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Non-daily (per capita) 100.153 per million people Time series [2nd of 68]
Nip/Tuck > International broadcasters > Alternate title/Translation Catch on
non-Japanese Doraemon versions > Manga first published 1994
non-Japanese Doraemon versions > Television series first broadcast 2001
Number of PCs 26,201 [6th of 169]
    Number of PCs (per $ GDP) 0.283 per $10 million of GDP [8th of 144]
    Number of PCs (per capita) 5.387 per 10,000 people [15th of 169]
Personal computers 26,201,000 Time series [7th of 164]
    Personal computers (per capita) 544.921 per 1 million people Time series [16th of 171]
Population covered by mobile telephony > % 99 % Time series [35th of 108]
Price basket for mobile > US$ per month 14.18 $/month Time series [55th of 185]
Price basket for residential fixed line > US$ per month 8.31 $/month Time series [89th of 151]
Radio broadcast stations
AM 61, FM 150, shortwave 2
Radio receivers 47,500,000 Time series [11th of 188]
    Radio receivers (per capita) 1.034 per capita Time series [10th of 182]
Radios 47,500,000 [11th of 221]
    Radios (per capita) 976.542 per 1,000 people [15th of 212]
Royalties and fees $14.70 [18th of 85]
Stuck > Worldwide chart positions > Peak > position 1 [21st of 22]
Submissions for the 75th Academy Award for Best Foreign Film > Director Lee Chang-dong
Submissions for the 76th Academy Award for Best Foreign Film > Director Kim Ki-duk
Telecommunications investment > % of revenue 16.23 % Time series [40th of 165]
Telecommunications investment > current LCU 6202700000000 Time series
Telecommunications revenue > % GDP 4.81 % GDP Time series [27th of 167]
Telecommunications revenue > current LCU 38809000000000 Time series
Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes 0.76 $ Time series [90th of 142]
    Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes (per $ GDP) 1.117 $ per $1 trillion of GD Time series [100th of 174]
    Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes (per capita) 15.806 $ per 1 million people Time series [93rd of 178]
Telephone employees, total 103,574 Time series [8th of 194]
    Telephone employees, total (per capita) 2.165 per 1,000 people Time series [37th of 202]
Telephone faults > per 100 mainlines 1 per 100 mainlines Time series [74th of 134]
Telephone mainlines 23,745,210 Time series [9th of 202]
    Telephone mainlines (per capita) 491.679 per 1,000 people Time series [17th of 203]
Telephone subscribers 62,087,540 Time series [11th of 199]
    Telephone subscribers (per capita) 1.282 per 1,000 people Time series [32nd of 201]
Telephone subscribers per employee 566.93 Time series [28th of 191]
Telephone system > Domestic
combined fixed-line and mobile-cellular telephone subscribership exceeds 140 per 100 persons; rapid assimilation of a full range of telecommunications technologies leading to a boom in e-commerce
Telephone system > General assessment
excellent domestic and international services featuring rapid incorporation of new technologies
Telephone system > International
country code - 82; numerous submarine cables provide links throughout Asia, Australia, the Middle East, Europe, and US; satellite earth stations - 6 (3 Intelsat - 1 Pacific Ocean and 2 Indian Ocean; 3 Inmarsat - 1 Pacific Ocean and 2 Indian Ocean)
Telephone systems > Privatisation 1993
Telephones > Main lines in use 23,905,000 Time series [7th of 174]
    Telephones > Main lines in use (per capita) 487.412 per 1,000 people Time series [15th of 173]
Telephones > Mobile cellular 43,500,000 Time series [16th of 186]
    Telephones > Mobile cellular (per capita) 886.944 per 1,000 people Time series [52nd of 185]
Television > Digital TV households 5,074 [3rd of 13]
    Television > Digital TV households (per capita) 0.104315 per 1,000 people [2nd of 13]
Television > Subscription TV revenues 1,017 [4th of 13]
    Television > Subscription TV revenues (per capita) 0.0209083 per 1,000 people [6th of 13]
Television broadcast stations 43 Time series [3rd of 89]
    Television broadcast stations (per capita) 0.89 per million people Time series [10th of 67]
Television receivers 15,900,000 Time series [16th of 185]
    Television receivers (per capita) 345.998 per 1,000 people Time series [43rd of 179]
Television standard > UHF NTSC M
Television standard > VHF NTSC M
Televisions 15,900,000 [16th of 215]
    Televisions (per capita) 326.885 per 1,000 people [55th of 209]
Website defacements 288 [7th of 129]
    Website defacements (per capita) 5.92093 per 1 million people [32nd of 124]
World sales and certifications for Madonna > Confessions on a Dance Floor > Certifications Gold
World sales and certifications for Madonna > Confessions on a Dance Floor > Peak 3 [5th of 42]
World sales and certifications for Madonna > Confessions on a Dance Floor > Sales ~15,000 sold

SOURCES: Wikipedia: Submissions for the 75th Academy Award for Best Foreign Film ; Wikipedia: Submissions for the 76th Academy Award for Best Foreign Film ; Wikipedia: Ally McBeal ; Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics; Wikipedia: Broadcasters of Medium ; UNESCO Institute for Statistics, March 11, 2003; World Development Indicators database; Wikipedia: Digital terrestrial television; Wikipedia: Digital terrestrial television ; Amazon.com; report presents the second annual update on global e-government, i.e., the delivery of public sector information and online services through the Internet. This report studies the features that are available online at national government websites. Using a detailed analysis of 1.197 government websites in 198 different nations, it measures the information and services that are online, chart the variations that exist across countries, and discuss how e-government sites vary by region of the world. In order to see how the 198 nations ranked overall, the E-Government Ranking 2002 created a 0 to 100 point index and applied it to each nation's websites based on the availability of contact information, publications, databases, portals, and number of online services. (2002); Internet Movie Database 2003; Wikipedia: Ghost Whisperer ; hamcity.com; ; International Telecommunication Union; Wikipedia: Nip/Tuck ; Wikipedia: List of non-Japanese Doraemon versions ; ITU; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; CIA World Factbook, December 2003; World Bank. 2002. World Development Indicators 2002. CD-ROM. Washington, DC; aggregates calculated for the Human Development Report Office by the World Bank; Wikipedia: Stuck ; ITU-BDT Telecommunications Regulatory Database; Informa Media Group; Tenlab May 2002; attrition.org; Wikipedia: World sales and certifications for Madonna

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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