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Communications in South Korea
Telephones - main lines in use: 24 million (2000)
Telephones - mobile cellular: 28 million (September 2000)
Telephone system:
excellent domestic and international services
domestic:
NA
international:
fiber-optic submarine cable to China; the Russia-Korea-Japan submarine cable; satellite earth stations - 3 Intelsat (2 Pacific Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean) and 1 Inmarsat (Pacific Ocean region)
Radio broadcast stations: AM 104, FM 136, shortwave 5 (2001)
Radios: 47.5 million (1997)
Television broadcast stations: 121 (plus 850 repeater stations and the eight-channel American Forces Korea Network) (1999)
Televisions: 15.9 million (1997)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 11 (1999)
Country code (Top-level domain): KR
See also
- Reference : C.I.A. The World Factbook http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/ks.html
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