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<div><font face="Times New Roman">Dear All:</font></div>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman">Here two new websites related to
North Korean software products and e-mail. I think that might be of
interest for some of you.</font></div>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman">SiliBank has been operative since
October 8, 2001. It offers, for a $100 (!!!) membership fee
"free" e-mail communication with North Korea. The domain
name was registered in Sept. 2001 in China, with Paycenter
(http://www.paycenter.com.cn) for:</font></div>
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LiaoNing ZhongTian Real Estate Develolpment Co. LTD.<br>
No.79, 11 Road, Heping
District</font></div>
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110025</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman">The technical + administrative
contact, however, is with "<b>Shenyang</b> Public Information
Industry Co., Ltd."</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman">P'yôngyang has been using servers
in Shenyang since at least 1995, maybe longer. More recently there
were also accounts established for Wônsan, don't know about other
cities. (The e-mail header, if you indeed look at ALL entries in that
header, gives you the server IP, and the server IPs are distributed by
region, therefore give you the exact location of the server that is
being used ... always Shenyang).</font></div>
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size="+2"><b>http://www.silibank.com</b></font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman">FOLLOWING IS QUOTED FROM THE
*ENGLISH* VERSION OF SiliBank's WEBSITE:</font></div>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">We have two
mail-servers both in Shenyang of the Peoples¹ Republic of China and
Pyongyang of the DPRK and provide the E-mail relay service between
these two servers.</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">When you register
for SiliBank you can freely communicate with the customers in the DPRK
those who have E-mail address of SiliBank.</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">SiliBank exchanges
the E-mail between two servers in Shenyang of the PRC and Pyongyang of
the DPRK.per 30 minutes. Soon we will provide the round-the-clock
service to shorten the communication time.</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">(...)</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">To register for
SiliBank,you should apply for membership registry first.</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">When you register
you must specify your E-mail address and main communicator in the
DPRK.</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">From the time when
you register you will be able to exchange E-mail with the customers
those who registered for SiliBank in the DPRK. You can exchange
E-mail making use of common E-mail client(for example
Outlook).</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">After you apply for
registry you will be obliged to transmit the expense of membership
registry and initial communication for 3 months.</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">After we admiss your
application we will promptly notice you the method of the remittance
by fax or E-mail.</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><b>Expense of
membership registry 100$</b> .</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman">(...)</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><b>Free service
period 6 months The limitation of E-mail exchange 100
pieces.</b></font></div>
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color="#000000"><b>http://www.pic-international.com</b></font></div>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">This company in
Singapore offers North Korean software programs for PC and Mac -- you
can download trial versions at above Website. It also offers
interactive e-Books about Korean culture and history. Most important,
of course, is their</font><font face="Times New Roman"
color="#FF0000"><b> Karaoke</b></font><font face="Times New Roman"
color="#000000"> editing program, you don't want to miss out on that
one!</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">- Changdok (Korean
Word Processor)</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">- Karaoke Editing
Tool and Play Program</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">- Dul (2D CAD
program)</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">- Korean Fonts
Collection for PC and<b> Mac</b> (!)</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">- King of
Accounting</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">... and various
interactive CDs about Korean culture and history, etc.</font></div>
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