Enter South Korea market with a .KR Domain

Article 4 of the rules is a single sentence and admits no exception: both the applicant and the registrant must have an address in the Republic of Korea. The condition is defined by address rather than nationality, so what matters is holding a valid Korean address. The third-level zone set aside for commercial use is .co.kr, which under Attached Table 1 is open to corporations and individuals alike.

The requirement that the registrant hold an address in Korea applies to applications made from abroad as well; Article 4 grants no exemption on that point. In practice this means that for a company without a Korean address the governing item is not the registration itself but arranging a valid in-country address and contact. Once that arrangement is in place the registration proceeds normally, and allocation follows the order in which applications arrive.

A name can be taken directly under .kr or under one of the purpose-specific third-level zones. The main ones in Attached Table 1 are:

• co — corporations and individuals
• ne — network services
• or — non-profit corporations and organisations
• re — research institutes, pe — individuals
• go, mil, ac — government, military and academic bodies
• regional names such as seoul and busan

Yes. Names taken directly under .kr run from 3 to 63 characters and may contain Hangeul syllables; where Hangeul is used the length runs from 2 to 17 characters. Latin names use A-Z, 0-9 and the hyphen. A name may not begin with a hyphen or with 'xn--', and may not end with a hyphen. A Korean-script name makes the address easier to read in local search results, which is why campaigns aimed at that market often prefer one.

Article 9 of the rules ties allocation to the order of arrival of the application forms; KISA may use a separate method only where the public interest requires it. There is therefore no reservation and no negotiation — priority belongs to whoever is prepared. If two parties want the same name, what decides it is when the application arrived. If the name you want is free, waiting gains you nothing; check it with domain search.

Article 11 of the rules provides that a registration may be cancelled 30 days after the data is found to be false, with a 30-day suspension running before cancellation. Suspension means the address stops resolving in practice — website and email go down. Article 10 requires changes to registration data to be reported to KISA through a registrar. When an address or a responsible person changes, filing that update without delay removes the risk at its source.

Article 25 of the rules lists what a domain lookup shows: the registrant's name and address, details of the management officer, name server information, the registrar's name and the registration dates. The same article forbids KISA and the registrars from using that data, or passing it to third parties, beyond the scope stated in the terms of use. You can run the lookup on the whois search page.

Article 12 of the rules opens a route to the Internet Address Dispute Resolution Committee for anyone in dispute over the registration, holding or use of a domain name. Where the parties accept — or are deemed to have accepted — a draft conciliation, and where a court decision becomes final, KISA or the registrar acts on the result. Keeping clear of someone else's mark when you choose a name makes the whole procedure unnecessary.