IDN Deployment in Korea

ccTLD Meetings in RomeMarch 1, 2004

Young-Eum Lee(yesunny@knou.ac.kr)

Deployment of Hangeul.krBegins in August, 2003Registrations at second levelTaking conservative approach

Length: 2-17Length of characters: 2350Reserved words: 769 categorical, 60 abusive

Registration PolicySunrise period

Public NamesRegistered Trademarks, Company Names

19 20 … 29 30 31 1 2 13 … 28 29 30 1 … 5 6 7 8 … 19 20 21 … 2 3 4

First Come, First Served

2003.8.19~2004.8.18 (1Year)

10.21~11.3 (2Weeks)

1st Stage(Reserved wordsfor Government

and PublicOrganization)/(Trademark and

Registeredcompany name)

2nd Stage(1domain name for

1 certificate)

August September October November

Reserved Words (Government and Public Organization)

Trade Mark and Registered company name

First Come,First Served

8.19~9.29 (6Weeks) 9.30~10.6 (1Week)

10.7~10.20 (2Weeks)Available Certificates (Certificate of Regidence, Certificate of Registration of Entrepreneur)

Number of RegistrationsGovernment and Public Organizations: 4,341Trademarks and Company Names: 11,654Second Stage(1 domain name per registartion): 19,276Third Stage(First Come, First Serve): 17,110

ServiceDistributed Verisign’s I-Nav plug-in at user’s applicationNov. 17, 2003 - 22,186 distributed516,633 distributed