North Korea Opens .kp Sites On the Internet

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."

Comments

Re:Cheerleading a transparent move on part of NK

[Daniel Dvorkin]

The very act of using this domain IS propaganda.

Wow, you're displaying a Kim-Il-Sung-ian level of logic with that line. Have you thought of applying for a job with the North Korean government?

Seriously, of course the .kp domain will be used solely as a conduit for NK government propaganda. Everyone gets that. But to claim that the act of a country using its TLD is propaganda in and of itself is just mindless bashing. You remind of me of the guy who claimed that Libya should lose the .ly TLD because the current assignment is inconvenient for people who run URL redirect services.