Editing .kr

{{short description|Internet country-code top level domain for the Republic of Korea}}
{{more citations needed|date=September 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2021}}
{{Infobox Top level domain
|name=.kr
|image=KRNIC logo.png
|introduced={{start date and age|1986|09|29|df=y}}
|type=[[Country code top-level domain]]
|status=Active
|registry=KRNIC ([[Korea Internet & Security Agency|KISA]])
|sponsor=[[Korea Internet & Security Agency|KISA]]
| registereddomains     = 1,080,682
| dateregistereddomains = 2024-05-31
| refregistereddomains  = <ref name="stats">{{Cite web |date= |title=Statistics |url=https://krnic.or.kr/jsp/eng/domain/kr/statistics.jsp |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240617185126/https://krnic.or.kr/jsp/eng/domain/kr/statistics.jsp |archive-date=2024-06-17 |access-date=2024-05-31 |website=KRNIC}}</ref>
|intendeduse=Entities connected with [[South&nbsp;Korea]]
|actualuse=Popular in South Korea
|restrictions=Registrants must have a local presence within South Korea; varying restrictions exist for registration under different second-level names.
|structure=Registrations are only allowed at the third level beneath [[second-level domain]]s (.co.kr, .or.kr, ...) for standard [[domain name]]s while [[internationalized domain name]]s must be registered at the second level.
|document=[http://domain.nida.or.kr/jsp/english/domain/policy.jsp Policies]
|disputepolicy=
|website={{URL|https://krnic.or.kr}}
|idn = yes
}}
{{Infobox Top level domain
|name={{lang|ko|.한국}}
|introduced=2011
|type=[[Internationalized country code top-level domain|Internationalized]] [[country code top-level domain]]
|status=Active
|intendeduse=Entities connected with South Korea in the [[Hangul script]]
|actualuse=Fairly popular in South Korea
|restrictions=Registrants must have a local presence within South Korea<ref>[https://krnic.or.kr/jsp/eng/policy/domainNewRules.jsp Domain Name Management Rules]</ref>
|structure=Domain names contain Korean [[Hangul Syllables|Hangul syllables]], [[ISO basic Latin alphabet|basic Latin alphabet]], [[Arabic numerals|numbers]] or [[hyphen]]s, and are registered at the second level.
|DNSname=xn--3e0b707e
|website=
|idn = only
|registereddomains=14,706
|dateregistereddomains=2024-05-31
| refregistereddomains  = <ref name="stats"/>
}}

'''.kr''' is the [[Internet]] [[country code]] [[top-level domain]] ([[ccTLD]]) for [[South Korea]]. 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]]s.
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Period
!Time
!Eligibility
|-
|Sunrise I 
|18 September – 20 November 2006
|Governmental Bodies only
|-
|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
|-
|Landrush 
|28 March – 1 April 2007
|Anyone or any business entity who has an address in the territory
|-
|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 {{lang|ko|대한민국}} domain names and working sites became active during 2011.<ref>{{Cite web|date=24 June 2011|title=Domain names are now open to Hangul|url=https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/2011/06/24/industry/Domain-names-are-now-open-to-Hangul-/2938019.html|access-date=23 September 2020|website=KoreaJoongAng Daily|language=en}}</ref>

==Domains and subdomains==
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background-color:#cccccc;"
!Domains and Subdomains !! Areas !! Registration qualifications
|-
|.kr || rowspan="2" | [[Commerce|Commercial]] || rowspan="5" | Organizations or individuals
|-
|.co.kr 
|-
|.ne.kr || [[Telecommunications network|Network]]
|-
|.or.kr || [[Non-commercial]]
|-
|.re.kr || [[Research]]
|-
|.pe.kr || [[Personal web page|Personal]] || Individuals
|-
|.go.kr || [[Government]] || [[Government of South Korea|Administration]], [[National Assembly (South Korea)|Legislation]] and [[Law of South Korea#Judicial System|Judicature]] 
|-
|.mil.kr || [[Military]] || [[Republic of Korea Armed Forces|Military organizations]]
|-
|.ac.kr || [[College]]s or [[University|universities]] (academy) || Colleges or universities
|-
|.hs.kr || [[Secondary school|High school]]s || High schools
|-
|.ms.kr || [[Middle school]]s || Middle schools
|-
|.es.kr || [[Elementary school]]s || Elementary schools
|-
|.sc.kr || [[School]]s || Other education organizations
|-
|.kg.kr || [[Kindergarten]]s || Kindergartens
|-
|.seoul.kr || [[Seoul]] || rowspan="16" | Organizations or individuals that have a connection with the relevant areas{{efn|Two-syllable short names of upper level local autonomies (provinces or provincial-level cities).}}
|-
|.busan.kr || [[Busan]]
|-
|.daegu.kr || [[Daegu]]
|-
|.incheon.kr || [[Incheon]]
|-
|.gwangju.kr || [[Gwangju]]
|-
|.daejeon.kr || [[Daejeon]]
|-
|.ulsan.kr || [[Ulsan]]
|-
|.gyeonggi.kr || [[Gyeonggi Province]]
|-
|.gangwon.kr || [[Gangwon Province, South Korea|Gangwon Province]]
|-
|.chungbuk.kr || [[North Chungcheong Province]] (Chungbuk)
|-
|.chungnam.kr || [[South Chungcheong Province]] (Chungnam)
|-
|.jeonbuk.kr || [[North Jeolla Province]] (Jeonbuk){{efn|name=Jeolla|1=[[Jeolla Province|Jeolla]]'s Hangul spelling is {{lang|ko|전라}} (''Jeo'''n-l'''a'') but the [[Revised Romanization of Korean|current romanization of Korean]] [[Transcription (linguistics)|transcribes]] actual pronunciation, so the region is romanized as Jeolla. In the [[Korean phonology]], the {{IPA|/nl/}} sequence should be assimilated to {{IPA|[ll]}} or {{IPA|[nn]}}. However, the original {{IPA|[n]}} [[phoneme]] is preserved in Jeo'''n'''buk and Jeo'''n'''nam, the short names for the North and South Jeolla Provinces.}}
|-
|.jeonnam.kr || [[South Jeolla Province]] (Jeonnam){{efn|name=Jeolla}}
|-
|.gyeongbuk.kr || [[North Gyeongsang Province]] (Gyeongbuk)
|-
|.gyeongnam.kr || [[South Gyeongsang Province]] (Gyeongnam)
|-
|.jeju.kr || [[Jeju Province]]
|-
|{{lang|ko|[[Hangul|한글]]}}.kr{{efn|[[Internationalized domain name]]s (IDNs) under .kr. IDNs contains Korean [[Hangul]] only plus optional numbers and hyphens.}} || rowspan="2" | unlimited || rowspan="2" | Organizations or individuals
|-
|.{{lang|ko|[[South Korea|한국]]}}{{efn|1=[[Internationalized domain name]]s (IDNs) under .{{lang|ko|한국}} ([[Punycode]]: <code>.xn--3e0b707e</code>; [[Revised Romanization of Korean]]: ''.[[Names of Korea|Hanguk]]''). IDNs contains Korean [[Hangul]] only plus optional numbers and hyphens.}} 
|-
|}

==={{anchor|Defunct Domains and Subdomains}}Defunct domains and subdomains===
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background-color:#cccccc;"
!Domains and Subdomains !! Areas !! Reasons for cessation
|-
|.pusan.kr || Busan (''Pusan'') || rowspan="12" | Revision of the Korean romanization{{efn|The government has changed the official Korean romanization from [[McCune–Reischauer#South Korean variant|its own variant of McCune–Reischauer]] to the [[Revised Romanization of Korean|current scheme]] in 2000. Hyphens (-), [[apostrophe]]s (') and [[breve]]s (˘) were omitted in defunct subdomains for autonomous regions.}}
|-
|.taegu.kr || Daegu (''Taegu'')
|-
|.inchon.kr || Incheon (''Inch'ŏn'')
|-
|.kwangju.kr || Gwangju (''Kwangju'')
|-
|.taejon.kr || Daejeon (''Taejŏn'')
|-
|.kyonggi.kr || Gyeonggi-do (''Kyŏnggi'')
|-
|.kangwon.kr || Gangwon-do (''Kangwon'')
|-
|.chonbuk.kr || Jeollabuk-do (''Chŏnbuk'')
|-
|.chonnam.kr || Jeollanam-do (''Chŏnnam'')
|-
|.kyongbuk.kr || Gyeongsangbuk-do (''Kyŏngbuk'')
|-
|.kyongnam.kr || Gyeongsangnam-do (''Kyŏngnam'')
|-
|.cheju.kr || Jeju-do (''Cheju'')
|-
|.nm.kr || Network || Changed to the .ne.kr
|}

==Domain hacks==
.kr domains are sometimes used as [[domain hack]]s such as flic.kr, an alternative address for [[Flickr]].

==New generic top level domains registered by South Korean organizations or individuals==
* .doosan: A [[New gTLD Program|new]] brand gTLD for the [[Doosan Group]].
* .hyundai: A new brand gTLD for the [[Hyundai Motor Group]].
* .kia: A new brand gTLD for [[Kia Motors]].
* .samsung: A new brand gTLD for the [[Samsung]] Group.
* .lotte: A new brand gTLD for the [[Lotte Corporation|Lotte Group]].
* .{{lang|ko|닷넷}} (<code>.xn--t60b56a</code>; ''.dat-net''): A new technology gTLD. [[Korean language|Korean]] [[Hangul]] transliteration of [[English language|English]] "[[.net|dotnet]]."
* .{{lang|ko|닷컴}} (<code>.xn--mk1bu44c</code>; ''.dat-keom''): A new technology gTLD. Korean Hangul transliteration of English "[[.com|dotcom]]."
* .{{lang|ko|삼성}} (<code>.xn--cg4bki</code>; ''.Samseong''): A new brand gTLD for the [[Samsung]] Group.

==See also==
* [[.kp]]: The top-level domain for North Korea
* [[Communications in South Korea]]

==Footnotes==
{{notelist}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://krnic.or.kr/ KRNIC]
* [https://www.iana.org/domains/root/db/kr.html Delegation Record for .KR - IANA]
* [http://whois.nic.or.kr/eng/ Whois Search (in English) - KISA]
* [http://whois.nic.or.kr/kor/ Whois Search (in Korean) - KISA] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161007000632/http://whois.nic.or.kr/kor/ |date=2016-10-07 }}

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