Editing .kp (section)

==History==
The DPRK applied for the {{mono|.kp}} [[Internet]] [[country code]] [[top-level domain]] ([[ccTLD]]) in 2004. [[ICANN]], however, refused because the DPRK did not meet some of the requirements.{{Specify|date=June 2022}} Another attempt was later made via the [[Korea Computer Center]] (KCC) Europe in 2006. The main body of KCC and the DPRK Ambassador to the United Nations petitioned ICANN again. They were refused again for providing insufficient information. A new application was sent in January 2007, and an ICANN delegation visited the country in May. This time, ICANN finally agreed to assign {{mono|.kp}} to the DPRK.<ref name="SeligerSchmidt">{{cite book|last1=Seliger|first1=Bernhard|last2=Schmidt|first2=Stefan|title=The Hermit Kingdom Goes Online: Information Technology, Internet Use and Communication Policy in North Korea|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qKhDAwAAQBAJ&pg=PP9|year=2010|publisher=[[McFarland & Company|McFarland]]|location=Jefferson|isbn=978-1-4766-1770-1|page=9}}</ref>

One of the first organizations to adopt a {{mono|.kp}} domain was the [[Korean Central News Agency]] (KCNA) in 2009.<ref name="Hoare2012">{{cite book|last=Hoare|first=James E.|title=Historical Dictionary of Democratic People's Republic of Korea|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rh5h4bZgkhEC&pg=PA231|year=2012|publisher=Scarecrow Press|location=London|isbn=978-0-8108-7987-4|page=231|chapter=Korean Central News Agency (KCNA)}}</ref>

Previously, the {{mono|.kp}} domain was managed by the [[Korea Computer Center]] (KCC) Europe. A large number of {{mono|.kp }}websites were also hosted by KCC Europe in [[Germany]]. However, in 2011, management was transferred to the [[Pyongyang]]-based Star Joint Venture.<ref>[http://www.northkoreatech.org/2011/05/03/dot-kp-domain-assigned-to-star/ ".kp domain assigned to Star JV"]. North Korea Tech. 3 May 2011.</ref>