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APNIC

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The Asia-Pacific Network Information Centre (APNIC) is the Regional Internet Registry for the Asia-Pacific region. Registration information can be queried with the whois database at whois.apnic.net, which may contain records originating from whois.twnic.net (Taiwan), whois.krnic.net (Korea), or whois.nic.ad.jp (Japan). The previous registry for Australia, known as AUNIC, is now incorporated within APNIC.