.kr is the

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) for

South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the southern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and borders North Korea along the Korean Demilitarized Zone, with the Yellow Sea to the west and t ...

. Registrations are processed via registration agents.

History

From September 2006, it became possible to register domain names directly under .kr (although this is currently only possible for internationalized domain names). Trademark holders and public bodies benefited from an "early registration period", after which the owners of .kr third-level domains had priority to get the corresponding

second-level domain In the Domain Name System (DNS) hierarchy, a second-level domain (SLD or 2LD) is a domain that is directly below a top-level domain (TLD). For example, in , is the second-level domain of the TLD. Second-level domains commonly refer to the organ ...

s. In 2011 a new top-level domain was registered for South Korea, intended for domain names in the local language. The top-level domain is domain names and working sites became active during 2011.

Domains and subdomains

Defunct domains and subdomains

Domain hacks

.kr domains are sometimes used as

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s such as flic.kr, an alternative address for

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New generic top level domains registered by South Korean organizations or individuals

* .doosan: A new brand gTLD for the

Doosan Group Doosan Group () is a South Korean multinational conglomerate corporation. In 2009, the corporation was placed in the ''Fortune'' Global 500 index. It is the parent company of Bobcat and Škoda Power. Doosan Group is the oldest running company ...

. * .hyundai: A new brand gTLD for the

Hyundai Motor Group The Hyundai Motor Group (HMG; ; stylized as HYUNDAI) is a South Korean '' chaebol'' (loosely similar to a multinational conglomerate but without a central holding company or ownership structure) headquartered in Seoul, South Korea. The HMG a ...

. * .kia: A new brand gTLD for

Kia Motors Kia Corporation (, formerly known as Kyungsung Precision Industry (京城精密工業) and Kia Motors Corporation) is a South Korean multinational corporation, multinational Automotive industry, automobile manufacturer headquartered in Seoul, ...

. * .samsung: A new brand gTLD for the

Samsung Samsung Group (; stylised as SΛMSUNG) is a South Korean Multinational corporation, multinational manufacturing Conglomerate (company), conglomerate headquartered in the Samsung Town office complex in Seoul. The group consists of numerous a ...

Group. * .lotte: A new brand gTLD for the

Lotte Group Lotte Group is a corporate group started by Zainichi Korean businessman Shin Kyuk-ho in South Korea on June 15, 1948, starting with the South Korea, South Korean Lotte Co., composed of Lotte Holdings, Lotte Holdings (Japan) and Lotte Corporati ...

. * . (.xn--t60b56a; ''.dat-net''): A new technology gTLD.

Korean Korean may refer to: People and culture * Koreans, people from the Korean peninsula or of Korean descent * Korean culture * Korean language **Korean alphabet, known as Hangul or Korean **Korean dialects **See also: North–South differences in t ...

Hangul The Korean alphabet is the modern writing system for the Korean language. In North Korea, the alphabet is known as (), and in South Korea, it is known as (). The letters for the five basic consonants reflect the shape of the speech organs ...

transliteration of English " dotnet." * . (.xn--mk1bu44c; ''.dat-keom''): A new technology gTLD. Korean Hangul transliteration of English " dotcom." * . (.xn--cg4bki; ''.Samseong''): A new brand gTLD for the

Group.

Footnotes

References

External links

KRNIC

Whois Search (in English) - KISA

Whois Search (in Korean) - KISA
Country code top-level domains Internet in South Korea {{Compu-domain-stub sv:Toppdomän#K