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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear All,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We are pleased to announce that the Korean Generation Panel has finalized its proposal, which has been released for public comment.  See details at https://www.icann.org/public-comments/korean-lgr-2018-01-25-en.
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<p class="MsoNormal">We look forward to your comments on the proposal.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Regards,<br>
Sarmad<o:p></o:p></p>
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<h2><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">News Alert<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2018-01-25-en%5bicann.org%5d">https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2018-01-25-en[icann.org]</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<h2 style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Proposal for Korean Root Zone Label Generation Rules<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">25 January 2018<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Open Date:</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">25 January 2018<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Close Date:</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">17 March 2018<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Originating Organization:</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Global Domains Division<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Brief Overview:</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The Korean community has formed the Korean Generation Panel (GP), which in turn has developed a
<em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Proposal for Korean Script Root Zone Label Generation Rules</span></em> (<a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__icann.org_en_system_files_files_proposal-2Dkorean-2Dlgr-2D25jan18-2Den.xml&d=DwMFaQ&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=KTETvEaGPwPcawI-QmNa-kiv-ZBvdgyyLm-mxd028M4&m=IXWZCr2aDkt1Pqxmfd0s0TXCs10GxoFNWLzJ_6Cdbyw&s=AC5y683m9Gl7dCPLIQAzt6fkCOZUWJWj-awFgHeQozY&e=">Proposal[icann.org]</a>
 [XML, 547 KB] and <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__icann.org_en_system_files_files_proposal-2Dkorean-2Dlgr-2D25jan18-2Den.pdf&d=DwMFaQ&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=KTETvEaGPwPcawI-QmNa-kiv-ZBvdgyyLm-mxd028M4&m=IXWZCr2aDkt1Pqxmfd0s0TXCs10GxoFNWLzJ_6Cdbyw&s=VHwkGOzoWKEyKqzc2hOQsXFYg9xGi4802bXRD4w65PU&e=">
Proposal Documentation[icann.org]</a> [PDF, 4.25 MB]). As per the <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__icann.org_en_system_files_files_lgr-2Dprocedure-2D20mar13-2Den.pdf&d=DwMFaQ&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=KTETvEaGPwPcawI-QmNa-kiv-ZBvdgyyLm-mxd028M4&m=IXWZCr2aDkt1Pqxmfd0s0TXCs10GxoFNWLzJ_6Cdbyw&s=nDFQnUMqxD8I8TcoeXivKSi5G2bf1BmBoLvCpwSRq08&e=">
LGR Procedure[icann.org]</a> [PDF, 772 KB], this proposal is being posted for public comments to allow those who have not participated in the Korean GP to make their views known to the GP. Based on the feedback, the Korean GP will finalize the proposal for
 submission for integration into the Label Generation Rules for the Root Zone.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__icann.org_public-2Dcomments_korean-2Dlgr-2D2018-2D01-2D25-2Den&d=DwMFaQ&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=KTETvEaGPwPcawI-QmNa-kiv-ZBvdgyyLm-mxd028M4&m=IXWZCr2aDkt1Pqxmfd0s0TXCs10GxoFNWLzJ_6Cdbyw&s=H2JggQxL--hb5G2mB978SnwXm6247QZLO2oh4OM2_2Y&e=">https://www.icann.org/public-comments/korean-lgr-2018-01-25-en[icann.org]</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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