General Country Information
Capital: Seoul
Population: 49,044,790 (July 2007)
Form of Government: Republic
Telephone and Internet Communications in real numbers
Telephone- main lines: 23.745 million (2005)
Telephone- mobile: 38.342 million (2005)
Internet hosts: 5.434 million (2005)
Internet users: 33.9 million (2005)
Country Ranking
DOI* 2005/2006: 0.80
World Rank 2005/2006: 1
*The Digital Opportunity Index (DOI) evaluates the opportunity, infrastructure and utilization of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) worldwide and was created by the Korea Agency for Digital Opportunity and Promotion (KADO) and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). The DOI is based on a scale of 0-1, where 1 is ideal, and the World Rank is taken into consideration out of 181 countries, based on the DOI.
Disability Organizations and Contact Information:
Hanbeot
nowmove@hanmail.net
Korea Welfare Association of the Deaf
kdeaf@chol.com