Pyongyang University of Science and Technology Panel

[Fletcher North Korea Working Group]

Hi everyone,

See below for a great event at Harvard on February 7th. Make sure to RSVP by February 3rd if you're interested!

Best,

Dan

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We invite you to join us for a briefing below with the Founding Co-Chairmen and Professors of the first and only private university in the DPRK (North Korea), Pyongyang University of Science and Technology (PUST), to learn how higher education is used as a vehicle for engaging people of the DPRK and how you can get involved.

The DPRK is often portrayed as a closed-off and isolated “Hermit Kingdom”; however, since the famines struck in the mid-1990’s, the DPRK has opened their doors to a wide group of non-governmental organizations, including academic institutions. In the Fall of 2010, Pyongyang University of Science and Technology (PUST) welcomed its inaugural class taught solely in English. Since then, PUST has paved the way for education diplomacy with the DPRK. PUST currently offers undergraduate and graduate programs in agriculture and life sciences, international finance and management, electrical and computer engineering, and foreign languages. This year PUST plans to offer public health and dental programs to graduate students and DPRK medical professionals. A short Q&A session will follow.

The Pyongyang University of Science and Technology: Track II Diplomacy with the DPRK via Higher Education

Sponsored by the North Korea Study Group (NKSG) at Harvard Kennedy School

February 7, 10 - 11:30AM

Harvard Kennedy School Starr Auditorium, Belfer Center (79 JFK St. Cambridge, MA)

Light snacks will be served

Please RSVP by Feb 3 to attend this event or to receive more information

Panelists (Short bios can be found here):

Malcolm Gillis, Ph.D., Professor and Former President of Rice University, PUST Founding Co-Chairman

James Chinkyung Kim, President of PUST

Wes Brewer, Ph.D., Dean and Professor, PUST School of Electronic and Computer Engineering

Moderated by:

Asaph Chun, Ph.D., Vice President, PUST Global Research & Development

Sponsors:

North Korea Study Group (NKSG) at Harvard

International Strategy and Reconciliation Foundation, INC (ISR)

Northeast Asia Foundation for Education and Culture (NAFEC)

Please RSVP by Feb 3 to attend the event or to receive more information.

RSVP is required. This event is off the record, please refrain from taking pictures or recordings of the event. Thank you.

For further information please contact pustme...@gmail.com and Sam Yi, new Chair of NKSG, at samu...@hks15.harvard.edu