# phpman > man > Encode::KR

## NAME
    [Encode::KR](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Encode%3A%3AKR/markdown) - Korean Encodings

## SYNOPSIS
        use Encode qw/encode decode/;
        $euc_kr = encode("euc-kr", $utf8);   # loads [Encode::KR](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Encode%3A%3AKR/markdown) implicitly
        $utf8   = decode("euc-kr", $euc_kr); # ditto

## DESCRIPTION
    This module implements Korean charset encodings. Encodings supported are as follows.

      Canonical   Alias             Description
      --------------------------------------------------------------------
      euc-kr      /\beuc.*kr$/i     EUC (Extended Unix Character)
              /\bkr.*euc$/i
      ksc5601-raw                   Korean standard code set (as is)
      cp949       /(?:x-)?uhc$/i
                  /(?:x-)?windows-949$/i
                  /\bks_c_5601-1987$/i
                                    Code Page 949 (EUC-KR + 8,822
                                    (additional Hangul syllables)
      MacKorean                     EUC-KR + Apple Vendor Mappings
      johab       JOHAB             A supplementary encoding defined in
                                                 Annex 3 of KS X 1001:1998
      iso-2022-kr                   iso-2022-kr                  [RFC1557]
      --------------------------------------------------------------------

    To find how to use this module in detail, see Encode.

## BUGS
    When you see "charset=ks_c_5601-1987" on mails and web pages, they really mean "cp949"
    encodings. To fix that, the following aliases are set;

      qr/(?:x-)?uhc$/i         => '"cp949"'
      qr/(?:x-)?windows-949$/i => '"cp949"'
      qr/ks_c_5601-1987$/i     => '"cp949"'

    The ASCII region (0x00-0x7f) is preserved for all encodings, even though this conflicts with
    mappings by the Unicode Consortium.

## SEE ALSO
    Encode