Sili Bank


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, Sili Bank also known as the Korea 626 Shenyang Co. is a financial institution based in Chilbosan/Qibaoshan Hotel in North Korea.

Etymology

The name sili 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. The minimum charge per e-mail was 1 euro. Customers must first pre-register with Sili Bank with prepayment for estimated usage over a three-month period to the webmaster Li Mingchun. Sili Bank only allows e-mail relay between registered users of the service.

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. Along with Chesin.com, star-co.net.kp, Sili Bank appears to be one of the three e-mail gateways to DPRK.