North Korea¡¯s only ¡®Western¡¯ university reopens for new term

North Korea¡¯s only private university has opened for 바카라사이트 new academic year despite fears that it might soon close as a result of a US travel ban.

Pyongyang University of Science and Technology announced that it has begun its autumn semester as planned despite admitting major recruitment difficulties after 바카라사이트 US government banned its citizens from entering North Korea on 1 September.

The action by 바카라사이트 US State Department follows 바카라사이트 diplomatic crisis sparked by 바카라사이트 rising nuclear threat posed by North Korea, which recently fired ballistic missiles across Japan.

About half 바카라사이트 60 to 80 foreign faculty who teach at PUST ¨C a university joint funded by both North and South Korea ¨C are American.

In a statement, PUST said its ¡°initial arrangements for classes have been adapted to suit 바카라사이트 available resources¡± given 바카라사이트 travel restrictions placed on US staff, who have been advised to leave North Korea.

The university, which is 바카라사이트 only Western-supported university in North Korea, said that its leadership anticipates that ¡°additional faculty will join as 바카라사이트 semester progresses¡±, adding that it is ¡°actively seeking additional personnel who are willing to go to Pyongyang for short visits, to increase 바카라사이트 number of foreigner-taught specialist courses¡±.

The US government has just published information on how to apply for an exemption from 바카라사이트?travel ban, 바카라사이트 university said. Its leadership would evaluate how to proceed with this, and its faculty remain ¡°committed to do 바카라사이트 best for its students, in a difficult situation, to maintain 바카라사이트 progress of 바카라사이트ir education and to provide all 바카라사이트 practical facilities on 바카라사이트 campus, for students and local workers¡±.

¡°We believe that person-to-person contacts, academic bridge-building and developing capabilities that meet North Koreans¡¯ real needs, offer a way forward in a spirit of peace and reconciliation,¡± said 바카라사이트 university.

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