Sili Bank

Sili Bank
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

Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Shílì Yínháng

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

Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Cháoxiǎn 626 jìshù fúwù suǒ shěnyáng bànshì chù

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]

References

^ 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.