Pyongyang University of Foreign Studies
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{{Infobox Korean name|hangul=평양외국어대학|hanja=平壤外國語大學|rr=Pyeongyang Oegugeo Daehak|mr=Pyŏngyang Oegugŏ Taehak|context=north}}
The Pyongyang University of Foreign Studies is a five-year university in Pyongyang, North Korea, specializing in language education.
History
The university was split off from Kim Il-sung University in 1964.{{cite news | url = http://www.minjog21.com/news/read.php?idxno=2404 | script-title = ko:과학기술중시정책 영향... 외국어 배우기 열풍, 2개 국어 회화 필수 | publisher = Minjog21 | trans-title = Impact of science and technology-oriented policy… | last = Yi | first = Jae-seung | date = 23 July 2007 | language = ko | url-status = dead | access-date = 20 July 2007 | archive-date = 8 February 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120208044338/http://www.minjog21.com/news/read.php?idxno=2404 }} North Korea's state-run Korean Central News Agency gives its foundation date as 15 November 1949.{{cite news | url = http://www.kcna.co.jp/item/2009/200911/news24/20091124-12ee.html | title = Pyongyang Univ. of Foreign Studies | work=Korean Central News Agency | date = 24 November 2009 | access-date = 30 December 2010 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110430195205/http://www.kcna.co.jp/item/2009/200911/news24/20091124-12ee.html | archive-date = 30 April 2011}}{{Cite web |url=http://m.oananews.org/news.php?id=549725 |title=Archived copy |access-date=2022-12-18 |archive-date=2022-12-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221218045958/http://m.oananews.org/news.php?id=549725 |url-status=dead }} It does not have as high a reputation as those of Kim Il-sung University's foreign languages division, which trains members of the political elite; most graduates go on to become working-level diplomats or work in the intelligence service.{{cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6231074|title=North Korea's Confusing Brand of English|publisher=National Public Radio|last=Bowers|first=Andy|date=2006-10-10}}
Structure
In total, 22 languages are taught at PUFS. The university has separate colleges for students of English, Russian, Chinese, and Japanese; the so-called "Ethnic Languages College" offers instruction in a further 18 languages: Hungarian, Arabic, Malay, Khmer, Thai, Lao, Persian, Hindi, Urdu, German, Bulgarian, Czech, Polish, French, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, and Spanish.{{cite web |url=http://www.minjog21.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=2404 |title=Archived copy|work=Minjong21|language=ko|access-date=2014-12-04 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714100529/http://www.minjog21.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=2404 |archive-date=2011-07-14 }}
Notable students, faculty, and alumni
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- Charles Robert Jenkins, American defector and former English teacher; his daughters Brinda and Mika formerly attended as students{{cite news|publisher=Asia Times Online|title=The strange saga of Charles Robert Jenkins|url=http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Japan/FF05Dh05.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040614014002/http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Japan/FF05Dh05.html|url-status=unfit|archive-date=2004-06-14|date=2004-06-05|access-date=2007-07-20|last=Curtin|first=J. Sean}}
- James Dresnok, son of American defector James Joseph Dresnok{{cite episode|title=An American in North Korea|series=60 Minutes|network=CBS Television|credits=Produced by Robert G. Anderson and Casey Morgan; reported by Bob Simon|airdate=2007-07-28}}
- Ri Yong-ho{{cite book|title=North Korea Handbook|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JIlh9nNeadMC|date=2002|publisher=M.E. Sharpe|isbn=978-0-7656-3523-5|pages=186–187}}
- Thae Yong-ho, defector from North Korea, formerly North Korea's deputy ambassador to the United Kingdom; current member of the National Assembly in South Korea
See also
References
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- Danahar, Paul. "Meeting North Korea's 'Generation Next'" BBC News. BBC, 13 Feb. 2010. Web. 12 Apr. 2014.
External links
- [https://archive.today/20130205044152/http://www.ukwirednews.com/articles.php/36953-Meeting-North-Koreas-Generation-next Meeting North Korea's 'Generation next']: a UK Wired News interview with a British Council ESL teacher at the Pyongyang University of Foreign Studies
- [http://www.onestopenglish.com/community/teacher-talk/teachers-letters/class-report-from-north-korea/157577.article Class Report from North Korea] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120311072423/http://www.onestopenglish.com/community/teacher-talk/teachers-letters/class-report-from-north-korea/157577.article |date=2012-03-11 }}, another interview with a different British Council ESL teacher at the Pyongyang University of Foreign Studies
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Category:Educational institutions established in 1964
Category:Education in Pyongyang
Category:Universities in North Korea
Category:1964 establishments in North Korea
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