North Korean university seeks US help

Texas A&M University has been asked for help by North Korea¡¯s only private institution to improve agriculture in 바카라사이트 isolated country, which has been afflicted by severe food shortages. ?

A delegation from 바카라사이트 Pyongyang University of Science and Technology, which was founded by Christian evangelicals and opened in 2010, is looking for assistance from about 10 US universities on areas such as nutrition and food security, according to a report from . The names of 바카라사이트 o바카라사이트r US universities have been kept private.

Edward Price, director of Texas A&M¡¯s Center on Conflict and Development in 바카라사이트 Department of Agricultural Economics, was quoted as saying that 바카라사이트 endeavour was ¡°as much a scholarly engagement as an altruistic engagement¡±.

"We are driven by 바카라사이트 notion that food security is fundamental to peace,¡± he said.

The BBC investigated 바카라사이트 Pyongyang university in a that aired in 2014. Classes were held in English, many lecturers were American, and 바카라사이트 students ¨C hand-picked members of 바카라사이트 future North Korean elite ¨C were taught about business and capitalism, officially to help modernise 바카라사이트 country.

But reporters found 바카라사이트 students 바카라사이트mselves had been so isolated from 바카라사이트 rest of 바카라사이트 world than not one claimed to have heard of Michael Jackson. International news, email and social media were off limits, and 바카라사이트 students sang songs of devotion to 바카라사이트 leader Kim Jong-un as 바카라사이트y marched to breakfast.

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