.kr

.kr is a Internet country code top-level domain ccTLD for the Republic of Korea South Korea. 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 & 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 domains.

1. Sunrise I 18 September–20 November 2006

2. Sunrise II 21 November 2006–27 February 2007

3. Landrush 28 March–11 April 2007

4. General Registration from 19 April 2007

In 2011 a new top-level domain was registered for South Korea, subjected for domain designation in the local language. The top-level domain is 대한민국 domain names and works sites became active during 2011.