EX-13.1 5 dex131.htm CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER REQUIRED BY RULE 13A-14(B)

Certification of Chief Executive Officer required by Rule 13a-14(b)

EXHIBIT 13.1

CERTIFICATION OF PERIODIC FINANCIAL REPORT

PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350

In connection with the Annual Report of Korea Electric Power Corporation (the “Company”) on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2003 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Joon-Ho Han, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, hereby certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C.Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, to the best of my knowledge, that:

1. The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

2. The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

Date: June 30, 2004

By:		/s/ Joon-Ho Han
Name:		Joon-Ho Han
Title:		Chairman & Chief Executive Officer

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