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EX-13.1 CERT OF CEO PURSUANT TO 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, 2004 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.

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

Date: June 30, 2005

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