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Some Foreign Professors at N. Korea’s Only Int’l Private University Return to Pyongyang

Some Foreign Professors at N. Korea’s Only Int’l Private University Return to Pyongyang

SEOUL, Sept. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Some foreign professors at Pyongyang University of Science and Technology have returned to North Korea after a four-year hiatus over COVID-19, Seoul officials said Monday, in the latest sign of the North’s further border opening. Late last month, an unspecified number of foreign professors at North Korea’s sole international [...]

SNU Professor Arrested Over Alleged Manipulation of Oxy Reports

SNU Professor Arrested Over Alleged Manipulation of Oxy Reports

SEOUL, May 6 (Korea Bizwire) – Prosecutors raided the office of a Seoul National University (SNU) professor in the country’s capital and arrested the scholar Wednesday over allegations he manipulated reports on Oxy Reckitt Benckiser products in return for money. Oxy is currently being probed by state prosecutors over its toxic humidifier sterilizers that have [...]

SNU Students form Body to Tackle Sex Offenses by Professors

SNU Students form Body to Tackle Sex Offenses by Professors

SEOUL, Feb. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — The student council of state-run Seoul National University (SNU) launched Wednesday a body to cope with sex offenses on campus following a recent series of sexual harassment cases involving professors. Prof. Kang Seok-jin from the Mathematical Sciences Department at SNU, the most prestigious institution of higher learning in the [...]