REGISTRATION STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR (g) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 Date of event requiring this shell company report For the transition period from to Commission file number 1-14926 KT Corporation Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.YesNo If this report is an annual or transition report, indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of theSecurities Exchange Act of 1934.YesNo Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filingrequirements for the past 90 days.YesNo Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 ofRegulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit suchfiles).YesNo Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or an emerging growth company.See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. Large accelerated filerAccelerated filerNon-accelerated filerEmerging growth company If an emerging growth company that prepares its financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP, indicate by check mark if the registrant has electednot to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of theExchange Act. Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management’s assessment of the effectiveness of its internalcontrol over financial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by the registered public accounting firm thatprepared or issued its audit report.YesNo If securities are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act, indicate by check mark whether the financial statements of the registrant included in thefiling reflect the correction of an error to previously issued financial statements.YesNo Indicate by check mark whether any of those error corrections are restatements that required a recovery analysis of incentive-based compensationreceived by any of the registrant’s executive officers during the relevant recovery period pursuant to §240.10D-1(b).YesNo Indicate by check mark which basis of accounting the registrant has used to prepare the financial statements included in this filing.U.S.GAAPIFRSOther If “Other” has been checked in response to the previous question, indicate by check mark which financial statement item the registrant has elected tofollow.Item 17Item 18 If this is an annual report, indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).YesNo____________ Not for trading, but only in connection with the registration of the American Depositary Shares. TABLE OF CONTENTS Part I Item 1.Identity of Directors, Senior Managers and Advisers2Item 1.A.Directors and Senior Management2Item 1.B.Advisers2Item 1.C.Auditors2Item 2.Offer Statistics and Expected Timetable2Item 2.A.Offer Statistics2Item 2.B.Method and Expected Timetable2Item 3.Key Information2Item 3.A.[RESERVED]2Item 3.B.Capitalization and Indebtedness2Item 3.C.Reasons for the Offer and Use of Proceeds2Item 3.D.Risk Factors2Item 4.Information on the Company18Item 4.A.History and Development of the Company18Item 4.B.Business Overview18Item 4.C.Organizational Structure39Item 4.D.Property, Plant and Equipment39Item 4A.Unresolved Staff Comments41Item 5.Operating and Financial Review and Prospects41Item 5.A.Operating Results41Item 5.B.Liquidity and Capital Resources65Item 5.C.Research and Development, Patents and Licenses, Etc.67Item 5.D.Trend Information68Item 5.E.Critical Accounting Estimates68Item 6.Directors, Senior Management and Employees68Item 6.A.Directors and Senior Management68Item 6.B.Compensation71Item 6.C.Board Practices72Item 6.D.Employees74Item 6.E.Share Ownership75Item 6.F.Disclosure of a Registrant’s Action to Recover Erroneously Awarded Compensation76Item 7.Major Shareholders and Related Party Transactions76Item 7.A.Major Shareholders77Item 7.B.Related Party Transactions77 Item 7.C.Interests of Experts and CounselItem 8.Financial InformationItem 8.A.Consolidated Statements and Other Financial InformationItem 8.B.Significant ChangesItem 9.The Offer and ListingItem 9.A.Offer and Listing DetailsItem 9.B.Plan of DistributionItem 9.C.MarketsItem 9.D.Selling ShareholdersItem 9.E.Dilution