.NE.KR

Name: .NE.KR — TLD Knowledge Base
Creator: NIDA / KISA

South Korea

NIDA / KISA · SubTLD · Updated 2026-04-09

OpenIDNTrustee

Specifications

Zone: ne.kr
Registration: Manual
Registration period: 1 year
Character length: 3 - 63
IDN: Yes
Nameservers: 2 - 7
Transfer time: Manual (days)
Auth code format: Standard EPP
Redemption period: Standard
Handle updates: Yes
Trustee service: Yes
WHOIS privacy: Partial
WHOIS update: Standard
WHOIS server: whois.kr
Connection: Direct
Data set: ccTLD

Eligibility & Restrictions

Open to anyone worldwide. No local presence required. IDN supported (.한국 in Hangul). SLDs: .co.kr (commercial), .ne.kr (network), .or.kr (organisations), .re.kr (research), .pe.kr (individuals), .go.kr (government). Most SLDs open to foreign registrants.

Registration

1-10 years.

Transfer Procedure

Manual transfer process with auth code. Processing may take several days.

Contact data update required pre-transfer. This is the pattern driving support tickets. Always verify registrant contact data is current before initiating .KR transfer.

📘 ICANN Transfer Policy (IRTP) — See ICANN Transfer Policy for the full IRTP framework, auth code rules, 60-day lock periods, and TEAC.

Registrant Change

Standard process.

📘 ICANN OwnerChange (COR) — See ICANN OwnerChange for COR triggers, FOA/DA modes, 60-day lock, and opt-out.

Renewal & Deletion

Standard.

📘 ICANN ERRP — See ICANN ERRP for the standard gTLD expiry lifecycle (Auto-Renew Grace → RGP → Pending Delete → Released).

Restore / Redemption Grace Period

Standard.

📘 ICANN ERRP — See ICANN ERRP for RGP details and standard restore fees.

WHOIS / Privacy

Standard WHOIS. Privacy available at some registrars. Hangul IDN supported.

📘 ICANN Registration Data Policy — See Registration Data Policy for RDP 2025, RDAP, redaction defaults, and privacy/proxy rules.

NIS2 Compliance

N/A. South Korea not subject to EU NIS2.

📘 NIS2 Compliance — See NIS2 Compliance for Article 28 requirements, registry implementation status, and operational impact.

Known Error Codes & Notes

Contact data pre-transfer: Contact data must be accurate before transfer. Outdated data = transfer failure. This is the primary support ticket driver.
2-day processing: Transfer processing takes ~2 days. Longer than real-time ccTLDs.
IDN .한국: Korean Hangul IDN available.

API

Domain Create

POST https://api.autodns.com/v1/domain

{
  "name": "example.ne.kr",
  "ownerc": {
    "id": 23142212
  },
  "adminc": {
    "id": 23142212
  },
  "techc": {
    "id": 23142212
  },
  "nameServers": [
    {
      "name": "ns1.example.com"
    },
    {
      "name": "ns2.example.com"
    }
  ],
  "confirmOrder": false
}

Domain Transfer

POST https://api.autodns.com/v1/domain/_transfer

{
  "name": "example.ne.kr",
  "auth": "(AUTH_CODE)"
}

Create AuthInfo1

POST https://api.autodns.com/v1/domain/example.ne.kr/_authinfo1

Standard EPP auth code.

Domain Restore

POST https://api.autodns.com/v1/domain/example.ne.kr/_restore