| Industry | Information technology |
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| Founded | September 12, 2001 |
| Headquarters | Pyongyang, North Korea Shenyang, China |
| Area served | North Korea, China |
| Parent | Workers' Party of Korea |
| Website | silibank.com (archived) |
| Chinese name | |||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 實利銀行 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 实利银行 | ||||||
| Literal meaning | True Profit Bank | ||||||
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| Korea 626 Shenyang Co. | |||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 朝鮮626技術服務所瀋陽辦事處 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 朝鲜626技术服务所沈阳办事处 | ||||||
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| Korean name | |||||||
| Hangul | 실리은행 | ||||||
Sili Bank, also known as Korea 626 Shenyang Co., is a North Korean financial company that provides email services in North Korea through its silibank.net.kp domain.
Sili Bank (sili meaning "true profit" in both Chinese and Korean) was established on September 12, 2001. Through its operation centre in Chilbosan Hotel in Shenyang, China, it offered a limited email relay service to and from North Korea, where Internet access was and is scarce. It initially charged a fee per every email sent.
The Chilbosan Hotel has also served as a centre of North Korean computer hacking and cyber-warfare operations.
See also
References
- 북한의 국어 정보화. hangeulmuseum.org (in Korean). Retrieved 2014-05-08.
- Cook, James. "PHOTOS: Inside The Luxury Chinese Hotel Where North Korea Keeps Its Army Of Hackers". Business Insider. Retrieved 2023-02-26.
- "Bureau 121: North Korea's elite hackers and a 'tasteful' hotel in China". BBC News. 2015-05-29. Retrieved 2023-02-26.
Further reading
- Website offers email links to N. Korea (The New York Times, November 1, 2001)
- North Korea opens door to e-mail (ITworld, November 6, 2001)
- "China-based website offers e-mail links to isolated North Korea". highbeam.com (in French). 2001-11-01. Archived from the original on 2012-11-05. Retrieved 2014-05-08.
External links
- Sili Bank official site (in English, Korean, Simplified Chinese and Japanese)
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