North Korea Opens .kp Sites On the Internet
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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."
Yay! (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Yay! (Score:1, Funny)
In North Korea, Internet registers YOU!
The real reason for this (Score:5, Funny)
Re:I seriously doubt... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Information-starved masses won't see the intern (Score:4, 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...
So I herd u liek.... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:I seriously doubt... (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!
Glorious internet.. (Score:2, Funny)
I'm betting their computers are like their tv's.. a cardboard box with the glorious leader's picture on it.
Re:The real reason for this (Score:4, 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".
Re:The real reason for this (Score:1, Funny)
Fuck you, Hans Brix!
Some KP webservers from 175.45.176.0/22 (Score:2, Funny)
175.45.179.68 [175.45.179.68]
They appear to like RHEL:
175.45.176.6 [175.45.176.6]
175.45.176.7 [175.45.176.7]
Re:DPRK ip block info... (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.
Re:Yay! (Score:3, Funny)
In North Korea, only old people use that meme.