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Introduced | 29 September 1986 |
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TLD type | Country code top-level domain |
Status | Active |
Registry | KRNIC (KISA) |
Sponsor | KISA |
Intended use | Entities connected with South Korea |
Actual use | Popular in South Korea |
Registered domains | 1,080,682 (2024-05-31)[1] |
Registration 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 domains (.co.kr, .or.kr, ...) for standard domain names while internationalized domain names must be registered at the second level. |
Documents | Policies |
IDN | yes |
Registry website | krnic |
Introduced | 2011 |
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TLD type | Internationalized country code top-level domain |
Status | Active |
Intended use | Entities connected with South Korea in the Hangul script |
Actual use | Fairly popular in South Korea |
Registered domains | 14,706 (2024-05-31)[1] |
Registration restrictions | Registrants must have a local presence within South Korea[2] |
Structure | Domain names contain Korean Hangul syllables, basic Latin alphabet, numbers or hyphens, and are registered at the second level. |
DNS name | xn--3e0b707e |
IDN | only |
.kr is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for the Republic of Korea (South Korea). Registrations are processed via registration agents.