EXHIBIT 99.1

Certification for 2010 Year

NARA BANCORP, INC. UST #88

I, Alvin D. Kang, certify, based on my knowledge, that:

(i) The compensation committee of Nara Bancorp, Inc. has discussed, reviewed, and evaluated with senior risk officers at least every six months during any part of the most recently completed fiscal year
that was a TARP period, senior executive officer (SEO) compensation plans and employee compensation plans and the risks these plans pose to Nara Bancorp, Inc.;

(ii) The compensation committee of Nara Bancorp, Inc. has identified and limited during any part of the most recently completed fiscal year that was a TARP period any features of the SEO compensation
plans that could lead SEOs to take unnecessary and excessive risks that could threaten the value of Nara Bancorp, Inc. and has identified any features of the employee compensation plans that pose risks to Nara Bancorp, Inc. and has limited those
features to ensure that Nara Bancorp, Inc. is not unnecessarily exposed to risks;

(iii) The compensation committee has reviewed, at least
every six months during any part of the most recently completed fiscal year that was a TARP period, the terms of each employee compensation plan and identified any features of the plan that could encourage the manipulation of reported earnings of
Nara Bancorp, Inc. to enhance the compensation of an employee, and has limited any such features;

(iv) The compensation committee of Nara
Bancorp, Inc. will certify to the reviews of the SEO compensation plans and employee compensation plans required under (i) and (iii) above;

(v) The compensation committee of Nara Bancorp, Inc. will provide a narrative description of how it limited during any part of the most recently completed fiscal year that was a TARP period the features
in:

(A) SEO compensation plans that could lead SEOs to take unnecessary and excessive risks that could threaten the value of
Nara Bancorp, Inc.;

(B) Employee compensation plans that unnecessarily expose Nara Bancorp, Inc. to risks; and

(C) Employee compensation plans that could encourage the manipulation of reported earnings of Nara Bancorp, Inc. to enhance the
compensation of an employee;

(vi) Nara Bancorp, Inc. has required that bonus payments to SEOs or any of the next twenty most highly
compensated employees, as defined in the regulations and guidance established under section 111 of EESA (bonus payments), be subject to a recovery or clawback provision during any part of the most recently completed fiscal year that was
a TARP period if the bonus payments were based on materially inaccurate financial statements or any other materially inaccurate performance metric criteria;



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(vii) Nara Bancorp, Inc. has prohibited any golden parachute payment, as defined in the regulations and
guidance established under section 111 of EESA, to a SEO or any of the next five most highly compensated employees during any part of the most recently completed fiscal year that was a TARP period;

(viii) Nara Bancorp, Inc. has limited bonus payments to its applicable employees in accordance with section 111 of EESA and the regulations and guidance
established thereunder during any part of the most recently completed fiscal year that was a TARP period;

(ix) Nara Bancorp, Inc. and its
employees have complied with the excessive or luxury expenditures policy, as defined in the regulations and guidance established under section 111 of EESA, during any part of the most recently completed fiscal year that was a TARP period; and any
expenses that, pursuant to the policy, required approval of the board of directors, a committee of the board of directors, an SEO, or an executive officer with a similar level of responsibility were properly approved;

(x) Nara Bancorp, Inc. will permit a non-binding shareholder resolution in compliance with any applicable federal securities rules and regulations on the
disclosures provided under the federal securities laws related to SEO compensation paid or accrued during any part of the most recently completed fiscal year that was a TARP period;

(xi) Nara Bancorp, Inc. will disclose the amount, nature, and justification for the offering, during any part of the most recently completed fiscal year that was a TARP period, of any perquisites, as
defined in the regulations and guidance established under section 111 of EESA, whose total value exceeds $25,000 for any employee who is subject to the bonus payment limitations identified in paragraph (viii);

(xii) Nara Bancorp, Inc. will disclose whether Nara Bancorp, Inc., the board of directors of Nara Bancorp, Inc., or the compensation committee of Nara
Bancorp, Inc. has engaged during any part of the most recently completed fiscal year that was a TARP period a compensation consultant; and the services the compensation consultant or any affiliate of the compensation consultant provided during this
period;

(xiii) Nara Bancorp, Inc. has prohibited the payment of any gross-ups, as defined in the regulations and guidance established under
section 111 of EESA, to the SEOs and the next twenty most highly compensated employees during any part of the most recently completed fiscal year that was a TARP period;

(xiv) Nara Bancorp, Inc. has substantially complied with all other requirements related to employee compensation that are provided in the agreement between Nara Bancorp, Inc. and Treasury, including any
amendments;

(xv) Nara Bancorp, Inc. has submitted to Treasury a complete and accurate list of the SEOs and the twenty next most highly
compensated employees for the current fiscal year, with the non-SEOs ranked in descending order of level of annual compensation, and with the name, title, and employer of each SEO and most highly compensated employee identified; and



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(xvi) I understand that a knowing and willful false or fraudulent statement made in connection with this
certification may be punished by fine, imprisonment, or both. (See, for example, 18 USC 1001.)



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|/s/ Alvin D. Kang                                           
|Alvin D. Kang, President & CEO (Principal Executive Officer)

Date: 2-18-11



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