I would add that by the time the North Korean request came before ICANN, the U.S. had lifted most commercial trade sanctions on North Korea, so ICANN's involvement at that time did not run afoul of any then-existing U.S. restrictions.

OTOH, for the sake of completeness, it should also be mentioned that up to now there has been no interference by USDOC. About a year ago I had a discussion with the then Undersecretary John Kneuer, head of the NTIA, and he pointed out that USG has not even opposed the delegation of the ccTLD for North Korea, which shows that their approach is rather "hands off". Of course, this does not mean that they are prepared to relinquish their role in the approval chain.

Cheers, Roberto

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