Based on feedback from registrars especially in the Chinese community, due to th e long national holidays just prior to the

original scheduled close of the .ASIA CJK IDN Landrush on Oct 11, the Landrush period will remain open for an additio nal 18 days and will now close on: October 29, 2011 @ 24:00 UTC

ICANN Registrar Secura is acception free pre-registration of asia-domains with C hinese, Japanes and Korean characters. Sunrise and Landrush is based on a model where all applications received within their respective periods will be considered to be received at the same time, wi th auctions being held for domains receiving more than one successfully verified application. Domains with only one successful application will be allocated to the applicant, and no auction will be necessary. IDN Sunrise and Landrush Submissions: .Asia IDN launch Timeline: Landrush Application Period (70 days) - OPEN: 2011.Aug.02 (Tue, 12:00UTC) - CLOSE: 2011.Oct.29 (Tue, 24:00UTC) IDN Languages to be launched: - Chinese (Simplified and Traditional) [ZH] - Japanese [JA] - Korean [KO] All applications received within the period will be treated as received at the s ame time in the process, therefore applications submitted later in the period wi ll not disadvantage the applicant.

Hans-Peter Oswald http://www.domainregistry.de/asia-domain.html