FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
IPv6 Council South Korea Has Been Founded___________________
Seoul/Luxembourg, July 5, 2016 - The IPv6 Forum welcomes South Korea as its next step torenew its IPv6 promotion efforts in South Korea with the establishment of the South Korea IPv6Council under the leadership of Mr. Kim Suk Ju as its president.
Mr. Kim Suk Ju is president of Flane Korea which has been conducting the IPv6 Forum training
programs
overthepast
10years
andtrained
over6000
students
http://www.flane.co.kr/edu/IPv6.php
The prime objective of the IPv6 Forum and its members is to promote deployment and swifter
uptake of the new Internet using the new Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) with support fromindustry, education, research communities and government agencies enabling equitable access totechnology and knowledge.
"The South KoreanIPv6 Council has been created to extend to this key Internet community astrong voice and representation in the new Internet World to enable equal access to knowledgeand education on New Generation Internet technologies and create momentum in deploying
IPv6" said Latif Ladid, IPv6 Forum President.

"The IPv6 Council for South Korea will attract key stakeholders from government, industry andacademia to design an IPv6 roadmap and vision together for a timely adoption of the New
Internet World based on IPv6" Stated Mr. Kim Suk Ju, President of the South Korea IPv6Council.
The Internet World has been using the Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) for the last two
decades. Despite its tremendous success, IPv4 is showing signs of strain especially in its fast
depleting IP address space and its growing security concerns. IPv6 preserves everything good intoday's Internet, and adds much more, such as virtually unlimited IP address space to connect

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everyone and everything, stateless auto-configuration, seamless mobility, automated network
management, mandated security and new optional service levels.
About South Korea IPv6 Council
The South Korean IPv6 Council is a chapter of the IPv6 Forum dedicated to the advancementand dissemination of IPv6. Comprised of individual members, as opposed to corporate sponsors,
its mission is to provide technical leadership and innovative thought for the successful
integration of IPv6 into all facets of networking and telecommunications infrastructure, presentand future. Please visit (under construction) http://www.flane.co.kr/edu/IPv6.php

About IPv6 ForumThe IPv6 Forum is a world-wide consortium of international Internet service providers (ISPs)
and National Research & Education Networks (NRENs), with a mission to promote IPv6 by
improving market and user awareness, creating a quality and secure New Generation Internet andallowing world-wide equitable access to knowledge and technology. The key focus of the IPv6Forum today is to provide technical guidance for the deployment of IPv6. IPv6 Summits areorganized by the IPv6 Forum and staged in various locations around the world to provideindustry and market with the best available information on this rapidly advancing technology.
Please visit http://www.ipv6forum.com

Organization Contact:
Mr. Kim Suk Jumskoh@flane.co.kr

IPv6 Forum Contact:
Latif Ladid
Luxembourg+352 30 71 34
Latif.ladid@ipv6forum.com

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