About .kr Domains
KRNIC is the sponsor and INames is our backend provider for the country-code top-level domain name (ccTLD) .kr extension that represents Korea.
Who can register .kr domains?
Anyone can register .kr, .co.kr, .ne.kr, and .re.kr domain names, but local businesses must enter a local Korean business registration (certificate) number. Non-local individuals and businesses must leverage a free trustee service to bypass eligibility requirements.
- .kr: Intended for Korean businesses or individuals.
- .co.kr: Intended for commercial entities.
- .ne.kr: Intended for network infrastructures, such as Internet Service Providers.
- .re.kr: Intended for research.
Registration restrictions
When registering a .kr domain, you must follow specific requirements.
- Must use: 2 - 63 Characters
- Can use: Letters (a-z characters), numbers (0-9) and hyphens (except in the 1st or last characters of the domain name)
- Cannot use: Special characters (e.g., & and #)
- IDNs: Supported (Korean)
Features
- Registration length: 1-10 years
- Renewal length: 1-10 years
- Your .kr domain renews on its expiration date. If auto-renew is turned on, we'll attempt renewal on its expiration date. If the first renewal attempt fails and you do not manually renew, we'll park the domain.
- If we cannot auto-renew the domain and you do not manually renew it by the 30th day after the expiration date, the domain will be canceled and removed from your account.
- Backorders: Not supported
- Transfers to Secureserver.net Domain Name Web Hosting: Supported
- Transfers away from Secureserver.net Domain Name Web Hosting: Supported
- Transfer Lock: Supported
- Transfers to another Secureserver.net Domain Name Web Hosting account: Supported
- Domain Privacy: Not supported
- Domain Protection: Not supported
- Contact Updates: Supported
- To change the Korean contact information, please contact customer support for assistance.
Nameserver requirements
- Must use: 1-13 Nameservers
- Can use: IPv4, IPv6
- Cannot use: DNSSEC
Refunds
For details on refunds, review our refund policy
More info
- Check out our most common domain articles to get started with your .kr domain.