A study from Shim et al. (2017) analysed the mutational profile of acral melanomas in a Korean population and reported mutational frequencies of 8.5%, 4.3% and 6.4% of KIT, NRAS proto‐oncogene (NRAS) and the BRAF proto‐oncogene (BRAF), respectively, and noted that their results were similar to those described in other Korean and Asian populations, but that mutation rates were lower than those observed in other studies. Here, BRAF is linked to acral lentiginous melanoma.