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North Korea Opens .kp Sites On the Internet

Posted by timothy on from the best-place-for-them-really dept.

eldavojohn writes "What an auspicious day for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea! To commemorate the 65th anniversary of the founding of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea, North Korea will no longer depend on Chinese national internet service to reach the outside world — they have their own connection and are hosting sites like the state run media. The article mentions that about a thousand websites are coming online, including services like Skype and Twitter. From where I sit in the United States, I can't seem to get any .kp TLD sites to resolve, but the news is promising if in fact it will bring more information to the information-starved masses of North Korea."

13 of 175 comments (clear)

  1. Yay! by WrongSizeGlass · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm going to beat the land rush to register "NorthKoreaIsTheBestKorea.kp" before Kim Jong-Il gets there first!

    1. Re:Yay! by instagib · · Score: 1, Funny

      In North Korea, Internet registers YOU!

    2. Re:Yay! by dintech · · Score: 2, Funny

      In North Korea, only old people use that meme.

  2. The real reason for this by Nidi62 · · Score: 4, Funny

    The real reason for this is that Kim Jong Il's cognac distributor went electronic and he needed to provide a contact email. Kim Jong Il knew the only domain for a email address he could trust is one Norht Korea owned, so they had to make .kp.

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    1. Re:The real reason for this by paiute · · Score: 3, Funny

      Shut up, nerd.

      This day in history: October 9, 2010 at 4:15PM, Kim Jong Il makes his first contribution to the Internet, an anonymous posting on a once-popular website called "Slashdot".

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    2. Re:The real reason for this by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Fuck you, Hans Brix!

  3. Re:I seriously doubt... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    It's part of the newest Five Years plan. North Korea is going to increase their MMORPG gold harvesting capacity.

  4. Re:Information-starved masses won't see the intern by Pharmboy · · Score: 3, Funny

    South Korean soap operas are apparently quite popular to watch illegally on imported DVD'

    I would hate to go to jail just because I wanted to find out if Kim ever recovered from double amnesia to discover his wife was really his father's ex-lover...

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  5. So I herd u liek.... by TomHandy · · Score: 4, Funny

    mud.kp.

  6. Re:I seriously doubt... by Threni · · Score: 2, Funny

    > The average North Korean doesn't have power, and isn't sure they'll have enough food to eat today.

    Don't knock it, champ. Korean food is the dog's bollocks!

  7. Glorious internet.. by EDinWestLA · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'm betting their computers are like their tv's.. a cardboard box with the glorious leader's picture on it.

  8. Some KP webservers from 175.45.176.0/22 by jroysdon · · Score: 1, Funny

    175.45.179.68

    They appear to like RHEL:
    175.45.176.6
    175.45.176.7

  9. Re:DPRK ip block info... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    250 spinef1.star.net.kp
    MAIL FROM:kimjongil@spinef1.star.net.kp
    250 sender ok
    RCPT TO:kimjongil@spinef1.star.net.kp
    550 #5.1.0 Address rejected.