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SEC Comment Letter for KOREA THRUNET CO LTD (CIK 0001097714) — Sep 29, 2005

KOREA THRUNET CO LTD (CIK 0001097714)
Date: Sept. 29, 2005 · CIK: 0001097714 · Accession: 0000000000-05-050341

AI Filing Summary & Sentiment

File numbers found in text: 000-30374

Date
September 29, 2005
Author
Accounting Branch Chief
Form
UPLOAD
Company
KOREA THRUNET CO LTD (CIK 0001097714)

Letter

Mail Stop 4561 September 29, 2005 Suk Won Park Chief Executive Officer Korea Thrunet Co., Ltd. 1337-20, Seocho-2 Dong Seocho-ku, Seoul Korea 137-751

Re: Korea Thrunet Co., Ltd. Form 20-F for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2004 Filed July 15, 2005 File No. 000-30374

Dear Mr. Park:

We have reviewed the above referenced filings and have the following comments. Please note that we have limited our review to the matters addressed in the comments below. We may ask you to provide us with supplemental information so we may better understand your disclosure. Please be as detailed as necessary in your explanation. After reviewing this information, we may raise additional comments.

Please understand that the purpose of our review process is to assist you in your compliance with the applicable disclosure requirements and to enhance the overall disclosure in your filing. We look forward to working with you in these respects. We welcome any questions you may have about our comments or any other aspect of our review. Feel free to call us at the telephone numbers listed at the end of this letter.

Item 5 - Operating And Financial Review And Prospects

F. Tabular Disclosure of Contractual Obligations, page 30

1. We note in your contractual obligations table that you have not included any of your lease commitments disclosed on pages F-27, F- and F-29 of your financial statements. Tell us how you considered Item 5.F of Form 20-F in your presentation of contractual obligations, including lease obligations and provide us with a summary of your lease obligations. Please advise.

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, page F-2

2. We note your independent registered public accounting firm is Deloitte HanaAnjin LLC located in Seoul, Korea. Tell us if you have had your filing reviewed by a "filing reviewer" designated by your US-affiliated firm as contemplated by Rule 3400T in PCAOB Release No. 2003-006. If you have, provide us with written confirmation that the filing reviewer`s procedures were applied to your submission. Your response should include the name of the designated filing reviewer.

3. We note your independent registered public accounting firm has not opined on your 2003 and 2002 financial statements and that they reference other auditors in their opinion. Amend your filing to include an auditor`s opinion on your 2003 and 2002 financial statements. We refer you to Item 8.A.3 and Instructions to Item 8.A.2 of Form 20-F.

Note 1. General

(2) Reorganization Proceedings, page F-13

4. We note that your original and modified reorganization plans were approved by the bankruptcy court on January 9, 2004 and April 29, 2005, respectively. Tell us how you considered applying Fresh Start Reporting upon approval of your reorganization plans. In addition tell us how you considered reporting transactions and events that are directly associated with the reorganization (e.g. pre and post petition liabilities, charges relating to the reorganization, etc.) separately from ongoing operations in your financial statements. We refer you to SOP 90-7.

Note 7. Debts, page F-25

5. We note your disclosure on page F-26 (last paragraph of Note 7) that all long-term debts are to be repaid in 2005. Considering this, tell us why (Won) 11,127 million of Long-term debt as of December 31, 2004 is not classified as a current liability.

* * * * *

As appropriate, please amend your filing and respond to these comments within 10 business days or tell us when you will provide us with a response. Please submit all correspondence and supplemental materials on EDGAR as required by Rule 101 of Regulation S-T. You may wish to provide us with marked copies of any amendment to expedite our review. Please furnish a cover letter with any amendment that keys your responses to our comments and provides any requested information. Detailed cover letters greatly facilitate our review. Please understand that we may have additional comments after reviewing any amendment and your responses to our comments.

We urge all persons who are responsible for the accuracy and adequacy of the disclosure in the filing reviewed by the staff to be certain that they have provided all information investors require for an informed decision. Since the company and its management are in possession of all facts relating to a company`s disclosure, they are responsible for the accuracy and adequacy of the disclosures they have made.

In connection with responding to our comments, please provide, in writing, a statement from the company acknowledging that:

* the company is responsible for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the filing;

* staff comments or changes to disclosure in response to staff comments do not foreclose the Commission from taking any action with respect to the filing; and

* the company may not assert staff comments as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the United States.

In addition, please be advised that the Division of Enforcement has access to all information you provide to the staff of the Division of Corporation Finance in our review of your filing or in response to our comments on your filing.

You may contact Patrick Gilmore at (202) 551-3406, Thomas Ferraro at (202) 551-3225 or me at (202) 551-3499 if you have questions regarding comments on the financial statements and related matters.

Sincerely,
Kathleen Collins
Accounting Branch Chief

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Mail Stop 4561

      September 29, 2005

Suk Won Park
Chief Executive Officer
Korea Thrunet Co., Ltd.
1337-20, Seocho-2 Dong
Seocho-ku, Seoul Korea 137-751

	Re:	Korea Thrunet Co., Ltd.
   Form 20-F for the Fiscal Year Ended
   December 31, 2004
		Filed July 15, 2005
		File No. 000-30374

Dear Mr. Park:

	We have reviewed the above referenced filings and have the
following comments.  Please note that we have limited our review
to
the matters addressed in the comments below.  We may ask you to
provide us with supplemental information so we may better
understand
your disclosure.  Please be as detailed as necessary in your
explanation.  After reviewing this information, we may raise
additional comments.

      Please understand that the purpose of our review process is
to
assist you in your compliance with the applicable disclosure
requirements and to enhance the overall disclosure in your filing.
We look forward to working with you in these respects.  We welcome
any questions you may have about our comments or any other aspect
of
our review.   Feel free to call us at the telephone numbers listed
at
the end of this letter.

Item 5 - Operating And Financial Review And Prospects

F. Tabular Disclosure of Contractual Obligations, page 30

1. We note in your contractual obligations table that you have not
included any of your lease commitments disclosed on pages F-27, F-
28
and F-29 of your financial statements.  Tell us how you considered
Item 5.F of Form 20-F in your presentation of contractual
obligations, including lease obligations and provide us with a
summary of your lease obligations.  Please advise.

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, page F-2

2. We note your independent registered public accounting firm is
Deloitte HanaAnjin LLC located in Seoul, Korea.  Tell us if you
have
had your filing reviewed by a "filing reviewer" designated by your
US-affiliated firm as contemplated by Rule 3400T in PCAOB Release
No.
2003-006.  If you have, provide us with written confirmation that
the
filing reviewer`s procedures were applied to your submission.
Your
response should include the name of the designated filing
reviewer.

3. We note your independent registered public accounting firm has
not
opined on your 2003 and 2002 financial statements and that they
reference other auditors in their opinion.  Amend your filing to
include an auditor`s opinion on your 2003 and 2002 financial
statements.  We refer you to Item 8.A.3 and Instructions to Item
8.A.2 of Form 20-F.

Note 1. General

(2) Reorganization Proceedings, page F-13

4. We note that your original and modified reorganization plans
were
approved by the bankruptcy court on January 9, 2004 and April 29,
2005, respectively.  Tell us how you considered applying Fresh
Start
Reporting upon approval of your reorganization plans.  In addition
tell us how you considered reporting transactions and events that
are
directly associated with the reorganization (e.g. pre and post
petition liabilities, charges relating to the reorganization,
etc.)
separately from ongoing operations in your financial statements.
We
refer you to SOP 90-7.

Note 7. Debts, page F-25

5. We note your disclosure on page F-26 (last paragraph of Note 7)
that all long-term debts are to be repaid in 2005.  Considering
this,
tell us why (Won) 11,127 million of Long-term debt as of December
31,
2004 is not classified as a current liability.

      * * * * *

      As appropriate, please amend your filing and respond to
these
comments within 10 business days or tell us when you will provide
us
with a response.  Please submit all correspondence and
supplemental
materials on EDGAR as required by Rule 101 of Regulation S-T.  You
may wish to provide us with marked copies of any amendment to
expedite our review.  Please furnish a cover letter with any
amendment that keys your responses to our comments and provides
any
requested information.  Detailed cover letters greatly facilitate
our
review.  Please understand that we may have additional comments
after
reviewing any amendment and your responses to our comments.

	 We urge all persons who are responsible for the accuracy and
adequacy of the disclosure in the filing reviewed by the staff to
be
certain that they have provided all information investors require
for
an informed decision.  Since the company and its management are in
possession of all facts relating to a company`s disclosure, they
are
responsible for the accuracy and adequacy of the disclosures they
have made.

	In connection with responding to our comments, please
provide,
in writing, a statement from the company acknowledging that:

* the company is responsible for the adequacy and accuracy of the
disclosure in the filing;

* staff comments or changes to disclosure in response to staff
comments do not foreclose the Commission from taking any action
with
respect to the filing; and

* the company may not assert staff comments as a defense in any
proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the
federal securities laws of the United States.

	In addition, please be advised that the Division of
Enforcement
has access to all information you provide to the staff of the
Division of Corporation Finance in our review of your filing or in
response to our comments on your filing.

      You may contact Patrick Gilmore at (202) 551-3406, Thomas
Ferraro at (202) 551-3225 or me at (202) 551-3499 if you have
questions regarding comments on the financial statements and
related
matters.

							Sincerely,

							Kathleen Collins
							Accounting Branch Chief

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Suk Won Park
Korea Thrunet Co., Ltd.
September 29, 2005
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