.kp
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| Introduced | 2007 |
|---|---|
| TLD type | Country code top-level domain |
| Status | Active |
| Registry | |
| Sponsor | Korea Computer Center |
| Intended use | Entities connected with North Korea |
| Actual use | Hardly used at present |
| Registration restrictions | Not yet available for registration |
| Documents | |
| Dispute policies | |
| Website | http://www.kcce.kp |
.kp is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) of North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea). It was created on 24 September 2007.[1]
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[edit] Usage
As of 2008, there are two known sites active in this domain. The IP addresses for both of these sites resolve to Internet Provider Berlin in the German capital.
- The Korea Computer Center (Europe) at http://kcce.kp/, which contains a number of pages about the organization, in German, and http://www.kcce.kp, which displays a simple message stating that .kp domain registration will be available soon.
- A copy of the official North Korean governmental portal Naenara at http://www.naenara.kp (also available at http://www.kcckp.net).
[edit] Internet in North Korea
North Korea has no private Internet service providers.
According to national leader Kim Jong-Il, "I'm an Internet expert too. It's all right to wire the industrial zone only, but there are many problems if other regions of the North are wired." [2]
Access is rare and limited; Reporters Without Borders once described the nation as "the world’s worst Internet black hole"[3] as "Internet officially does not exist in the world’s most isolated country, but a handful of privileged people are allowed to go online through the phone system or via satellite." [4]
The government's own sites are not in the .kp domain and all are hosted outside Korea; the dprkorea.com address resolves to a Chinese provider, Beijing Primezone Technologies [5].
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Preliminary Report for Special Meeting of the ICANN Board of Directors, 11 September 2007
- ^ North Korea's Kim Jong Il: I'm an Internet Expert, Fox News, Oct 2007
- ^ Reporters sans frontières, "13 worst enemies of the Internet"
- ^ Reporters sans frontières. "The Internet Under Surveillance: North Korea"
- ^ APNIC whois
