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Students from N. Korea’s Top University Take Classes at German University

Students from N. Korea’s Top University Take Classes at German University

BERLIN, Jan. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — A group of professors and students from Kim Il Sung University, North Korea’s most prestigious institution of higher learning, visited a Berlin university on Sunday as part of academic exchanges amid international sanctions on the North. The group comprising two professors and 12 students of the Pyongyang school’s German [...]

S. Korean Students Propose Talks with Students of Top N. Korean School on Exchanges

S. Korean Students Propose Talks with Students of Top N. Korean School on Exchanges

SEOUL, Jun. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — A student committee at Seoul National University (SNU) on Friday proposed holding talks with its counterpart at Kim Il Sung University, North Korea’s most prestigious school of higher learning, in Pyongyang this year to promote exchanges between students of the two schools. The committee seeking inter-Korean exchanges in cooperation [...]

S. Korea Approves SNU Students’ Exchanges with North

S. Korea Approves SNU Students’ Exchanges with North

SEOUL, Jun. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — The Unification Ministry on Tuesday gave the green light for students of Seoul National University to contact students of Kim Il Sung University, North Korea’s most prestigious school of higher learning, to discuss academic exchanges, the South Korean university’s students said. The approval, coming amid increasingly warming ties between [...]

S. Korean University Students Push for Exchanges with North

S. Korean University Students Push for Exchanges with North

SEOUL, Jun. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Students of Seoul National University (SNU) said Friday that they have asked the Ministry of Unification to approve contact with students of Kim Il Sung University, North Korea’s most prestigious school of higher learning, to discuss academic exchanges. The SNU students, who recently launched a promotion committee for inter-Korean [...]

North Korea Introduces Remote Test System for College Entrance Exams

North Korea Introduces Remote Test System for College Entrance Exams

SEOUL, April 28 (Korea Bizwire) – North Korea has started to offer a remote test system for students who take college entrance exams, according to North Korea’s state-run weekly, Tongil Sinbo. The North Korean weekly quoted an official from the North Korean Committee for Education saying, “As a part of our education policy reforms, North Korea introduced [...]