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<DIV>The other day I posted an abstract of whois decision issued by KISA</DIV>
<DIV>(Korea Information Security Agency). Some people keep returning
to</DIV>
<DIV>me asking more details. </DIV>
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<DIV>Since there is no English translation for the decision, I am trying
to</DIV>
<DIV>be accurate about the KISA decision to be politically correct.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>KISA issued and sent a letter to every registrars(10) and
resellers(158) in Korea</DIV>
<DIV>a week ago.</DIV>
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<DIV>It says the current whois policy is violating Information
Communication Network Law,</DIV>
<DIV>Clause 22. 2. 3. and Clause 24. 2. According to the law, it is
recommended the </DIV>
<DIV>registars and the resellers should take actions to give options to the
users whether</DIV>
<DIV>the registrants agree to disclose the whois info before they disclose the
whois info.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>The current constroversy in Korea is</DIV>
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<DIV>1. whether this decision should be applied to the gTLDs as well as
ccTLDs.</DIV>
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<DIV>2. how are we going to deal with the clash between national law and ICANN
policy,</DIV>
<DIV> which doesn't have any formal treay status in the
international law.</DIV>
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<DIV>YJ</DIV>
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