| Communications | South Korea |
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Telephones - main lines in use:
 | 28.543 million (2010) |
Telephones - main lines in use density:
 | 586 Telephones - main lines in use per 1000 people |
Telephones - mobile cellular:
 | 50.767 million (2010) |
Telephones - mobile cellular - density:
 | 1,042 mobile cellular telephones in use per 1000 capita |
Telephone system:
 | general assessment: excellent domestic and international services featuring rapid incorporation of new technologies domestic: fixed-line and mobile-cellular services widely available with a combined telephone subscribership of roughly 140 per 100 persons; rapid assimilation of a full range of telecommunications technologies leading to a boom in e-commerce international: country code - 82; numerous submarine cables provide links throughout Asia, Australia, the Middle East, Europe, and US; satellite earth stations - 66 |
Broadcast media:
 | multiple national television networks with 2 of the 3 largest networks publicly operated; the largest privately-owned network, Seoul Broadcasting Service (SBS), has ties with other commercial TV networks; cable and satellite TV subscription services are available; publicly-operated radio broadcast networks and a large number of privately-owned radio broadcasting networks, each with multiple affiliates, and independent local stations (2010) |
Radio broadcast stations:
 | AM 96, FM 322, shortwave 1 (2008) |
Radio broadcast stations AM density:
 | 507,862 people per AM Radio broadcast station |
Radio broadcast stations FM density:
 | 151,412 people per FM Radio broadcast station |
Radio broadcast stations shortwave density:
 | 48,754,657 people per shortwave Radio broadcast station |
Television broadcast stations:
 | 57 (plus 103 cable operators and 119 relay cable operators) (2008) |
Television broadcast stations density:
 | 855,345 people per Television broadcast station |
Internet country code:
 | .kr |
Internet hosts:
 | 291,329 (2010) |
Internet users:
 | 39.4 million (2009) |
Internet users - density:
 | 809 internet users per 1000 capita |
Communications - note:
 | void |
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