<div style="font-size:10pt; font-family:Gulim;"><p style="font-size:10pt;FONT-FAMILY: Gulim,AppleGothic,sans-serif;padding:0 0 0 10pt"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap; font-family: Gulim; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 1.5;">Dear ICANN staff,</span>&nbsp;</p><div style="width:100%"><pre style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></pre><pre style="white-space: pre-wrap;">KR is the country code for the republic of Korea. </pre><pre style="white-space: pre-wrap;">On behalf of the .kr registry and Korean government, we would like to submit an (temporary)<span style="font-weight: bold;"> objection</span> to the release of the '.kr' at the second level<span style="font-weight: bold;"> under all new gTLDs<span style="font-family: Dotum, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Dotum, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 10pt;">U</span></span><span style="font-family: Dotum, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;">NTIL we, Korea government, set up the accurate criteria</span><span style="font-family: Dotum, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 10pt;"> for releasing. </span></pre><pre style="white-space: pre-wrap;">This is sensitive issue for government&nbsp;so it is taking some time for government to consider. </pre><pre style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></pre><pre style="white-space: pre-wrap;">To reiterate, our objections are applied to all new gTLDs who have requested or will be requesting for the release of .kr at the second level until we set up the accurate criteria for releasing.</pre><pre style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></pre><pre style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Thank you.</pre><pre style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Regards,</pre><pre style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></pre><pre style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Boyoung Kim</pre><pre style="white-space: pre-wrap;">GAC Korea representative,</pre><pre style="white-space: pre-wrap;">KISA, .kr registry</pre><p>&nbsp;</p><pre style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></pre><div>&nbsp;</div>                                                
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