Six North Korean Professors Study Economics at UBC in Canada

Yonhap and other media are reporting on the presence of six North Korean professors in a program at the University of British Columbia in Canada.
Professor Park Kyung-ae, director of the Center for Korean Research at the University of British Columbia (UBC), told Yonhap News Agency the North Koreans arrived last month to study international business, international economics, finance and trade. Five of the visiting professors teach these subjects at Kimilsung University, the elite North Korean institution named after the country's founding leader, while one teaches at a university of economics in the eastern city of Wonsan, she said, declining to give further details.
"The program is very unusual in that it allows North Korea's college professors to conduct research (overseas) on a long-term basis," Park said, saying the professors will stay for a total of six months. "Other universities in North America are paying close attention to the program, and through it, I plan to push for exchanges between university officials of the two countries."