Several North Korean websites have experienced repeated outages, disrupting access to official information from outside the country. According to Reuters reporting published on October 21, 2026, more than 40 websites using North Korea’s .kp domain were inaccessible or unstable, including the websites of the Foreign Ministry and the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). Rodong Sinmun, one of the country’s state-run newspapers, was also affected.
Sources: Reuters, Yonhap News Agency, NK News and SBS News.
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