Organization:Kim Chol Ju University of Education

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Kim Chol Ju University of Education

The Kim Chol Ju University of Education is a university in Sŏn'gyo-guyŏk, Pyongyang, North Korea.[1]

History

The university was established on October 1, 1946, as the Pyongyang Teacher Training College (평양교원대학).[1][2] It changed its name to the Pyongyang University of Education no. 1 (평양제1사범대학) in September 1972.[1] It was renamed the Pyongyang University of Education in April 1989.[1] It assumed its current name in October 1990,[1] after Kim chol ju, younger brother of Kim Il Sung.

Faculty

  • Dean of Faculty Ho Nam Chol[3]
  • Professor Kim Hyun-sik (defector)[4][5]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Corfield, Justin (1 December 2014). Historical Dictionary of Pyongyang. Anthem Press. p. 77. ISBN 978-1-78308-341-1. https://books.google.com/books?id=5zKWBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA77. 
  2. President Kim Il Sung and Development of Education in Korea. Kyowon Sinmun. 1992. p. 23. https://books.google.com/books?id=EFVyAAAAMAAJ. 
  3. Korean Central News Agency (July 19, 2017). "State Academic Degrees and Titles Conferred on Intellectuals". http://kcna.co.jp/item/2017/201707/news19/20170719-19ee.html. "Doctorate was awarded to Jin Jae Gyong, head of a department of Kim Il Sung University, Kim Ui Song, a researcher at Pyongyang Medical College under Kim Il Sung University, Yu Song Chol, head of a department of Kim Hyong Jik University of Education, Ho Nam Chol, dean of a faculty of Kim Chol Ju University of Education, Han Pok Nam, head of a department of Kim Chaek University of Technology, Kim Kyong Chol, vice-dean of a faculty of Pyongyang University of Architecture, and others." 
  4. Park, Sun-young (August 2, 2008). "Short people shipped out of Pyongyang in 1989: defector". Korea JoongAng Daily. http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=2893883. "Kim Hyun-sik, a former professor at the Pyongyang University of Education and now a research professor at George Mason University, made the assertion in the latest issue of U.S. magazine Foreign Policy." 
  5. Kim, Hyung-sik (October 6, 2009). "The Secret History of Kim Jong Il". Foreign Policy. https://foreignpolicy.com/2009/10/06/the-secret-history-of-kim-jong-il/. "I first met Kim Jong Il in October 1959. He was a senior at the elite Namsan Senior High School, and I was a 27-year-old professor of Russian at the Pyongyang University of Education." 

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