Sili Bank
| Industry | IT |
|---|---|
| Founded | September 12, 2001 |
| Headquarters | North Korea |
Area served | North Korea, China |
| Parent | Workers Party of Korea |
| Website | web |
| Chinese name | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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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| Japanese name | |||
| Kanji | 実利銀行 | ||
Sili Bank is a company based in North Korea. The company provides email services in both China and North Korea by maintaining dedicated servers running Windows Server 2003 in both countries. Established in September 12, 2001,[1] Sili Bank also known as the Korea 626 Shenyang Co. is a financial institution based in Chilbosan/Qibaoshan Hotel (Chinese: 七宝山饭店) in North Korea.
Etymology[]
The name sili (Chinese: 實利) means "true profit" in both Chinese and Korean.
Services[]
In 2001, it was initially limited to those who want to exchange e-mails with trade companies or government agencies. As of May 10, 2003, the fee for sending an e-mail to North Korea from abroad, was 0.1 euros per kilobyte for up to 40 kilobytes, and 0.02 euros for each additional kilobyte in each e-mail transmission.[2] The minimum charge per e-mail was 1 euro (for an e-mail having a size up to 10 kilobytes). Customers must first pre-register with Sili Bank with prepayment for estimated usage over a three-month period to the webmaster Li Mingchun (Chinese: 李明春). Sili Bank only allows e-mail relay between registered users of the service.[3]
North Korea[]
Since October 8, 2001, the webmail provider began offering a limited electronic mail relay service to and from North Korea, where Internet access is limited.[4] Along with , star-co.net.kp, Sili Bank appears to be one of the three e-mail gateways to DPRK.
See also[]
- Communications in North Korea
References[]
- ^ 북한의 국어 정보화. hangeulmuseum.org (in Korean). Retrieved 2014-05-08.[ ]
- ^ "n/a". Archived from the original on November 1, 2006. Retrieved May 8, 2014.
- ^ "n/a". Archived from the original on March 15, 2005. Retrieved May 8, 2014.
- ^ "La Corée du Nord teste un service e-mail [02/11/2001]". multimedia.dna.fr (in French). Retrieved 2014-05-08.
- 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)
- Banks of North Korea
- Internet in North Korea
- Banks of China