.kp

.kp
Introduced 2007
TLD type Country code top-level domain
Status Active
Sponsor Korea Computer Center
Intended use Entities connected with  North Korea
Actual use Very few domain registrations at present
Registration restrictions Must be a company, organisation, or government entity based in North Korea
Website http://www.kpnic.gov.kp

.kp is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea). It was created on September 24, 2007.[1]

Contents

Usage

As of 2010, there are an increasing number of websites in the .kp domain. Many of these are hosted by KCC Europe in Germany. A few of the websites in this domain are:

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 (which is routed through China) or via satellite." [4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Preliminary Report for Special Meeting of the ICANN Board of Directors, 11 September 2007
  2. ↑ North Korea's Kim Jong Il: I'm an Internet Expert, Fox News, Oct 2007
  3. ↑ Reporters sans frontières, "13 worst enemies of the Internet"
  4. ↑ Reporters sans frontières. "The Internet Under Surveillance: North Korea"

External links

Country code top-level domains
See also Generic top-level domains