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September 24, 2010

VIA EDGAR

Mr. H. Christopher Owings

Assistant Director

Division of Corporation Finance

Securities and Exchange Commission

100 F Street, NE

Washington, D.C. 20549-3561

Tel:        (202) 551-3264

 

  Re: Korea Electric Power Corporation
       Annual Report on Form 20-F for Fiscal Year
       Ended December 31, 2009
       Filed June 29, 2010
       File No. 000-13372

Dear Mr. Owings:

We are writing on behalf of our client, Korea Electric Power Corporation (the “Company”) in response to your letter, dated September 15, 2010, containing the comments of the Staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) with respect to the annual report on Form 20-F for fiscal year 2009 filed with the Commission on June 29, 2010.

As per our phone conversation with Yong Kim, Staff accountant, on September 16, 2010, we are grateful that the Staff has agreed to our request to respond to these comments by October 15, 2010. We very much appreciate the Staff’s understanding and patience in this regard.

Leiming Chen  Philip M.J. Culhane  Chris Lin  Sinead O’Shea  Jin Hyuk Park  Youngjin Sohn  Kathryn King Sudol

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Very truly yours,

/s/ Jin Hyuk Park