Telephones - main lines in use 24 million (2000)

Telephones - mobile cellular 28 million (September 2000)

Telephone system
general assessment: 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 (2000)

Television broadcast stations 121 (plus 850 repeater stations and the eight-channel American Forces Korea Network) (1999)

Televisions 15.9 million (1997)

Internet country code .kr

Internet Service Providers (ISPs) 11 (2000)

Internet users 22.23 million (2001)

NOTE: The information regarding Korea, South on this page is re-published from the 2002 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Korea, South Communications 2002 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Korea, South Communications 2002 should be addressed to the CIA.