Sili Bank
| Founded | September 12, 2001 |
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| Website | https://web.archive.org/web/20141218100818/http://silibank.com/ |
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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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| Japanese name | |||||||
| Kanji | 実利銀行 | ||||||
Sili Bank is a company based in China. The company provides email services in both China and North Korea by maintaining dedicated servers 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 Shenyang, Liaoning, China, closely related to the government of 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 Chesin.com, Sili Bank appears to be one of only two e-mail gateways to DPRK.
Infrastructure
Sili Bank maintains dedicated servers in Pyongyang and Shenyang, between which e-mail transmissions are exchanged once every 10 minutes (when the service commenced, this was hourly).
See also
References
- 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)
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- ↑ 북한의 국어 정보화. hangeulmuseum.org (in Korean). Retrieved May 8, 2014.[ ]
- ↑ "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 May 8, 2014.
- ↑ "China-based website offers e-mail links to isolated North Korea". highbeam.com (in French). November 1, 2001. Retrieved May 8, 2014.
External links
- Sili Bank official site (in English, Korean, Simplified Chinese and Japanese)
- BPR BKK PURWOKERTO (Purwokerto, Agustus 19, 2014)
