Texas A&M University establishes educational partnership with North Korean University
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[quote]Despite a rocky relationship between North Korea and the United States, Texas A&M has agreed to work with a North Korean university in an effort to increase the country’s agricultural production.
University officials from Pyongyang University of Science and Technology, also known as PUST, reached out to Texas A&M late January, requesting academic assistance from the agriculture department.
A&M hopes to work with PUST to improve their agriculture curriculum by providing second-hand materials, guest lectures and academic counseling.
PUST is the only private university in North Korea. Most of its faculty are international, having graduated and taught at schools in the United States and Europe. They receive no funding from the North Korean government, instead getting funds from donations, primarily from churches.
Agricultural economics professor Edwin Price is leading the project on A&M’s side.[/quote]
[url]http://www.thebatt.com/news/a-m-establishes-educational-partnership-with-north-korea/article_248408ca-edb3-11e6-928f-537cd44df288.html[/url]
The Battalion is the official campus news paper of Texas A&M, therefore an acceptable source, but here's Reuters too:
[url]http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-texas-northkorea-university-idUKKBN15E2KC[/url]
Texas A&M is home of the Norman Borlaug Institute for International Agriculture, named after former Professor and father of the [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Revolution]Green Revolution[/url], [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Borlaug]Norman Borlaug[/url].
[quote]Humanitarian efforts are allowed under the sanctions and A&M has not signed any formal agreement with PUST, which allows them classify the project as a humanitarian effort.[/quote]
[quote]"We are driven by the notion that food security is fundamental to peace," Price said.[/quote]
I don't see why not.
North Korea has a university??
[QUOTE=nerdster409;51795513]I don't see why not.[/QUOTE]
Well are the North Korean people going to benefit from it, or is the regime going to take all the produce anyway?
Against a regime like North Korea it is questionable to help them if it's not going to use it to benefit its own people.
[QUOTE=TheDrunkenOne;51795519]North Korea has a university??[/QUOTE]
They also have a growing middle class. Crazy right?
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