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November 29, 2016
VIA EDGAR
Ms. Jennifer Thompson
Accounting Branch Chief
Office of Consumer Products
Division of Corporate Finance
Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F Street N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: | Korea Electric Power Corporation |
Form20-F for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2015
Response Dated October 18, 2016
FileNo. 001-13372
Dear Ms. Thompson:
We are writing on behalf of our client, Korea Electric Power Corporation (the “Company”) in response to your letter, dated November 9, 2016, containing the comments of the Staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) with respect to the Company’s response filed with the Commission on October 18, 2016.
As per our phone conversation on November 28, 2016, we are grateful that the Staff has agreed to grant an extension to respond to these comments by December 9, 2016. The Company anticipates filing a response on or before December 9, 2016, and we will proceed on this basis unless we are notified otherwise by the Staff. We very much appreciate the Staff’s understanding and patience in this regard.
DANIEL FERTIG ADAM C. FURBER ANTHONY D. KING CELIA C.L. LAM CHRIS K.H. LIN JIN HYUK PARK KATHRYN KING SUDOL CHRISTOPHER K.S. WONG
RESIDENT PARTNERS
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Securities and Exchange Commission | September 29, 2016 |
Please contact me at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett (35th floor, ICBC Tower, 3 Garden Road, Central, Hong Kong, telephone number+852-2514-7665 and fax number+852-2869-7694), if we can be of any assistance to the Staff.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Jin Hyuk Park
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