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Kim Il Sung University researchers invent a robot vacuum cleaner
Engineers at Kim Il Sung University have developed a robot vacuum cleaner, according to a submission to a North Korean journal of inventions. The robot is not pictured but sounds similar in design and concept to the cleaning robots that are on sale around the world. It has two wheels on a differential drive axle,…
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Smartcard login for distance education
The distance education system run by Kim Il Sung University was the subject of a short report on Korean Central Television on Tuesday evening and we got to see a little of it in action. Distance education has been pushed in North Korea since long before Covid and many major universities offer remote online learning…
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Science and Technology Education in North Korea Enters the 21st Century
North Korea is moving ahead with a comprehensive reform of its education system that puts science and technology at its center. Plans were approved at a cabinet meeting over the weekend and follow a call by Kim Jong Un in September to improve the level of the nation’s education. At the weekend meeting, education officials…
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Kim Il Sung University opens website
Kim Il Sung University, North Korea’s most prestigious seat of higher learning, has become the first university in the country to launch a website on the global Internet. The site is available in Korean and English and is being served from a computer in Pyongyang. It joins a handful of other websites that are run…
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Medicine database developed at Pyongyang Medical College Hospital
Pyongyang Medical College Hospital at Kim Il Sung University has developed a database of thousands of drugs, according to North Korean TV and radio reports. The “clinical medicine information service system” contains details on 12,000 pharmaceuticals and 154,000 kinds of medicines from more than 50 countries, according to a report carried by Voice of Korea.…
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Defector claims up to 3,000 hackers in North Korea
North Korea is continuing to strengthen its ranks of elite hackers and could have up to 3,000 of them, a North Korean defector said in Seoul on Wednesday. (Update: New information below) Kim Heung-kwang, a former professor at Pyongyang Computer Technology University and member of the North Korea Intellectuals Solidarity group, told a cyber security…
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IP Phone system developed
Kim Il Sung University’s Information Center has developed an IP phone system, according to a brief KCNA report on Thursday. IP phone systems send calls as digital data over IP (Internet protocol) based networks. While widespread access to the Internet is not available in North Korea, the same IP technology is used on Kwangmyong, the…
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A look at Kim Il Sung University’s computer labs
The visit of group of Chinese graduates of Kim Il Sung University to their alma mater has provided a chance to see some of the computer labs in the establishment. Coverage of the visit was carried by both KCNA and state television, which broadcast a 40-second report on November 25th. I’ve posted some stills from…
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Kim Il Sung University Boasts Its E-Library
Pyongyang, April 28 (KCNA) — Kim Il Sung University, the highest seat of the Juche-based education, boasts its E-Library, an ultramodern education, science information service center. Full story: KCNA
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Kim Jong Il Inspects E-Library at Kim Il Sung Univ.
Pyongyang, April 12 (KCNA) — General Secretary Kim Jong Il gave field guidance to the newly-built E-Library at Kim Il Sung University. Source: KCNA
