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<DIV><FONT size=4>Dear friends and colleagues,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>The long-awaited and oft-postponed full opening</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>of <STRONG>Pyongyang University of Science and Technology
</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>(PUST) seems finally to be imminent. See article
below.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>Surely one must wish them well. The founder's zeal and
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>resilience </FONT><FONT size=4>are quite extraordinary, as
recounted here:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><A href="http://money.cnn.com/2009/09/14/magazines/fortune/pyongyang_university_north_korea.fortune/index.htm"><FONT size=2>http://money.cnn.com/2009/09/14/magazines/fortune/pyongyang_university_north_korea.fortune/index.htm</FONT></A></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>I wonder who the lucky faculty might be?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Best wishes</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>Aidan FC</FONT></DIV>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">10-24-2010 16:49<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1">
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<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=5><STRONG>Sicence & tech univ. opens
Pyongyang<o:p></o:p></STRONG></FONT></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">By Kim Se-jeong<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT size=4 face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=4>The South Korean-NGO run Pyongyang
University of Science and Technology (PUST) begins its operation today.
<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT size=4 face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=4>Kim Jin-kyung, a South Korean national and
the university president, told Yonhap Friday that “All facilities are ready to
run, and so is the faculty” to teach students. An initial group of 23 professors
from the United States and Europe have arrived in Pyongyang last weekend, and
200 students – in under-graduate, graduate and post-graduate programs – are on
campus waiting for the semester to start.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT size=4 face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=4>Four professors are known to have been there
since June, assisting 40 students in research. <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT size=4 face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=4>The official opening was long overdue.
<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT size=4 face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=4>The construction for the school was
completed in September last year, but, due to sudden interventions from the
North Korean authorities in school management, the opening kept getting
delayed.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT size=4 face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=4>Unlike the initial agreement, North Korea
abruptly requested the president accept its recommendations in recruiting
faculty members. <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT size=4 face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=4>The Kim Il-sung statue was also erected in
April, violating an initial agreement that any political message would be absent
on campus.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT size=4 face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=4>Earlier this month, Yoon Sang-hyun from the
ruling Grand National Party said that a research center for the North’s “juche”
or theory of self-reliance opened on campus, and urged all the public and
private money for the PUST should be stopped. The idea of PUST was conceived in
2001, and the former Roh Moo-hyun administration donated 1 billion won to
construction. <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT size=4 face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=4>Encouraged by the success of the Yanbian
University of Science and Technology (YUST) in Yanji, Northeast China, North
Korea requested Kim, the president of the YUST, to open a similar institute in
Pyongyang. <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT size=4 face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=4>Authorization from the North came
immediately and construction began. Finance came mainly from non-profit
organizations in South Korea and other countries, including the Northeast Asia
Foundation for Education and Culture. <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT size=4 face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=4>According to its website (http://pust.kr),
the university has a capacity to facilitate 2,000 undergraduate students and 600
graduate. <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT size=4 face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=4>And it aspires to recruit 250 faculty
members over the next 10 years. <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT size=4 face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=4>The university offers programs on
information and communication technology, industry and management, agriculture,
food and life science, architecture, engineering and construction, and public
healthcare. More than 10 South Korean universities have signed an agreement on
collaboration</FONT>. </FONT></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT> </P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman">skim@koreatimes.co.kr</FONT></P></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>