.kp

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

Usage

As of 2010 there were 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:

• The official North Korean governmental portal Naenara at
• The North Korean domain registry at http://www.kpnic.gov.kp
• The website of the Committee for Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries at
• The website of the Korea Education Fund at http://www.koredufund.org.kp
• The website of the Korean Central News Agency at

Since December 9, 2010, the top level domain's URL for registration services, <nowiki>http://www.kcce.kp</nowiki>,

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."

Access is rare and limited; Reporters Without Borders once described the nation as "the world’s worst Internet black hole" as "Internet officially does not exist in the world’s most isolated country, but...
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