Sili Bank, also known as Korea 626 Shenyang Co., is a North Korean financial company[citation needed] that provides email services in North Korea through its silibank.net.kp domain.
| 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 (sili meaning "true profit" in both Chinese and Korean) was established on September 12, 2001.[1] 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.[2][3]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ 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 edit
- 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 edit
- Sili Bank official site (in English, Korean, Simplified Chinese and Japanese)