Railways
total: 3,124 km
standard gauge: 3,124 km 1.435-m gauge (661 km electrified) (2000)

Highways
total: 87,534 km
paved: 65,388 km (including 1,996 km of expressways)
unpaved: 22,146 km (1999)

Waterways 1,609 km
note: restricted to small native craft

Pipelines petroleum products 455 km

Ports and harbors Chinhae, Inch'on, Kunsan, Masan, Mokp'o, P'ohang, Pusan, Tonghae-hang, Ulsan, Yosu

Merchant marine
total: 501 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 5,679,171 GRT/9,172,403 DWT
ships by type: bulk 104, cargo 160, chemical tanker 47, combination bulk 6, container 52, liquefied gas 16, multi-functional large-load carrier 1, passenger 3, petroleum tanker 73, refrigerated cargo 25, roll on/roll off 5, short-sea passenger 1, specialized tanker 3, vehicle carrier 5, includes some foreign-owned ships registered here as a flag of convenience: Australia 1, Bulgaria 1, China 1, Greece 1, Japan 1, Malaysia 1, Norway 1, Panama 1, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1, United Kingdom 1 (2002 est.)

Airports 102 (2001)

Airports - with paved runways
total: 68
over 3,047 m: 2
2,438 to 3,047 m: 19
914 to 1,523 m: 11
under 914 m: 20 (2001)
1,524 to 2,437 m: 16

Airports - with unpaved runways
total: 34
914 to 1,523 m: 2
under 914 m: 32 (2001)

Heliports 203 (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 Transportation 2002 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Korea, South Transportation 2002 should be addressed to the CIA.