.kr is the

Internet The Internet (or internet) is the global system of interconnected computer networks that uses the Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP) to communicate between networks and devices. It is a '' network of networks'' that consists of private, p ...

country code Country codes are short alphabetic or numeric geographical codes ( geocodes) developed to represent countries and dependent areas, for use in data processing and communications. Several different systems have been developed to do this. The term ...

top-level domain A top-level domain (TLD) is one of the domains at the highest level in the hierarchical Domain Name System of the Internet after the root domain. The top-level domain names are installed in the root zone of the name space. For all domains in ...

(

ccTLD A country code top-level domain (ccTLD) is an Internet top-level domain generally used or reserved for a country, sovereign state, or dependent territory identified with a country code. All ASCII ccTLD identifiers are two letters long, and all t ...

) for the Republic of Korea (

South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korean Peninsula and sharing a land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed by the Yellow Sea, while its ...

). Registrations are processed via registration agents. 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. 1. Sunrise I (18 September–20 November 2006) * Governmental Bodies only 2. Sunrise II (21 November 2006–27 February 2007) * A holder of 3rd level .kr domain * The registered 3rd level domain and the 3rd level domain should be registered before 13 March 2006 * The full name of registered trademark using same alphabetical order 3. Landrush (28 March–11 April 2007) * Anyone or any business entity who has an address in the territory 4. General Registration (from 19 April 2007) * First-come first-served basis 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

domain hack A domain hack is a domain name that suggests a word, phrase, or name when concatenating two or more adjacent levels of that domain. For example, and , using the fictitious country-code domains ''.ds'' and ''.le'', suggest the words ''birds'' an ...

s such as flic.kr, an alternative address for

Flickr Flickr ( ; ) is an American image hosting and video hosting service, as well as an online community, founded in Canada and headquartered in the United States. It was created by Ludicorp in 2004 and was a popular way for amateur and profession ...

New generic top level domains (new gTLDs) 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 HYUΠDAI) 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 ...

. * .kia: A new brand gTLD for Kia Motors. * .samsung: A new brand gTLD for the

Samsung The Samsung Group (or simply Samsung) ( ko, 삼성 ) is a South Korean multinational manufacturing conglomerate headquartered in Samsung Town, Seoul, South Korea. It comprises numerous affiliated businesses, most of them united under th ...

Group. * .lotte: A new brand gTLD for the Lotte Group. * . (.xn--t60b56a; ''.dat-net''): A new technology gTLD. Korean

Hangul The Korean alphabet, known as Hangul, . Hangul may also be written as following South Korea's standard Romanization. ( ) in South Korea and Chosŏn'gŭl in North Korea, is the modern official writing system for the Korean language. The ...

transliteration of

English English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England ** English national id ...

" 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