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[
citation needed] 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. [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]
Industry | Information technology |
---|---|
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 | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Traditional Chinese | 實利銀行 | ||||||
Simplified Chinese | 实利银行 | ||||||
Literal meaning | True Profit Bank | ||||||
| |||||||
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 | ||||||
| |||||||
Korean name | |||||||
Hangul | 실리은행 |
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.
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]