Established in September 12 2001,Sili Bank (Traditional Chinese: 實利銀行, Simplified Chinese: 实利银行 Shili Yinhang; Hangeul: 실리은행, Silli Ŭnhaeng; Kanji: 実利銀行) also known as the Korea 626 Shenyang Co. (Hangeul:626기술봉사소, Simplified Chinese: 朝鲜626技术服务所沈阳办事处) is a financial institution based in Chilbosan/Qibaoshan Hotel (Hanzi/Hanja: 七宝山饭店) in Shenyang, Liaoning, China, closely related to the government of North Korea.
The name "sili" (實利) means "true profit" in both Chinese and Korean.
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, Sili Bank appears to be one of only two e-mail gateways to DPRK.
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).
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 (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 (Hanzi: 李明春). Sili Bank only allows e-mail relay between registered users of the service.
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