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Common questions
Is hankyung.com legit or a scam?
hankyung.com was registered Oct 18, 1999 (26 years old), per public registration records. AboutUs doesn't label sites "legit" or "a scam": this page lists the dated registration, DNS, HTTPS, mail-authentication and safety checks we could verify, each with its source, so you can decide for yourself.
Who owns hankyung.com?
Nobody has completed AboutUs's owner verification for hankyung.com. That's true of most sites here — it isn't itself a warning sign.
When was hankyung.com registered?
hankyung.com's registration dates to Oct 18, 1999 (26 years old), per public registration records. Whois Corp. is the registrar on record today.
The site's bot protection blocked AboutUs's HTTPS check; all 1 of the other checks passed (Oct 7, 2026).
Registered 1999 · AboutUs's live check was blocked by the site's bot protection
The Korea Economic Daily (한국경제신문) is a South Korean newspaper and news website covering economics, finance, business, and markets. It serves Korean-language readers seeking economic and financial news, analysis, and related content including stocks, real estate, and investment topics.
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Current facts
Latest available measurements; dated entries retain their dates. These are measurements, not an endorsement of the site.
latest result
Domain registered Oct 18, 1999 — 26 years old.
latest result
Registrar on record: Whois Corp. — unchanged since AboutUs began tracking (Jul 23, 2026).
Authority 80/100— ahead of 80% of the August 2026 scored sampleClear
Why this authority score
80 is a percentile: higher than 80% of sites we score.
How it's calculated
Prominence (Tranco rank #5,815)+8
Verified continuity: 27.0 years (RDAP registration)+11
Security & email hygiene+4
Calibration adjustment (published map)+18
Model score: 41/99 — what these reason lines add up to.
Published Authority (percentile): 80/100 — this site's rank against the August 2026 scored sample. Public Authority is capped at 99.
Safety evidence
Retained threat-feed result (recorded about 18 days ago); name-similarity check available (recorded about 7 days ago); 3/3 transport and email checks available (oldest recorded about 7 days ago). This is evidence coverage, not a probability that a website is safe.
No caution flags in the available scoring observations; this is not a complete safety assessment
Site history
Dated record — historical facts always carry their date.
1999
Domain registered (Oct 18, 1999).
2006
First tracked by AboutUs (Jun 20, 2006); profile edited 3 times through 2013.
2026
Checked today — The site's bot protection blocked AboutUs's HTTPS check; all 1 of the other checks passed (Oct 7, 2026).
✓ domain continuity 26 years registered– live check blocked the site's bot protection turned the check away Oct 7, 2026