| Korea Computer Center | |
|---|---|
| Korean name | |
| Chosŏn'gŭl | 조선콤퓨터쎈터 |
| Hancha | 朝鮮콤퓨터쎈터 |
| McCune–Reischauer | Chosŏn K'omp'yut'ŏ Ssent'ŏ |
| Revised Romanization | Joseon Kompyuteo Ssenteo |
The Korea Computer Center (KCC) is the leading North Korean government information technology research center. It was founded on October 24, 1990.[1]
KCC operates eight development and production centers, and 11 regional information centers. It runs the KCC Information Technology College and its Information Technology Institute. The KCC has branch offices in China, Germany, Syria and the United Arab Emirates. It has an interest in Linux research, and started the development of the Red Star OS distribution localised for North Korea.[1]
KCC is a part of the political establishment and not entirely a IT company per se. The technological state of knowledge displayed in its developments show a big lag compared to the rest of the world, even if considering the situation in North Korea.
KCC was delegated to take care of the .kp country code top-level domain. Since Sept. 2010 the servers (DNS and WHOIS) for the .kp ccTLD are no longer reachable. It seems that KCC has missed the national important goal to present a working ccTLD infrastructure. Although the .kp ccTLD was registered in 2007, KCC did not manage to get a working registry during 3 years, despite of the support by a European company.
While KCC’s main focus is on North Korean work, as of 2011 it also works for clients in Europe, China, South Korea, Japan and the Middle East.[2][3]
KCC operate Naenara, North Korea's official web portal.
Nosotek is another North Korean IT venture company that develops computer games; one of them is published by News Corporation.[4]
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