May 9, 2003

North Korean Scholars Visit Syracuse U.; Indian Official Bemoans 'McDonaldization' of Academe

Tensions between North Korea and the United States may be high, but six North Koreans are visiting an American campus this month, in a rare academic exchange between the two countries.

Five North Korean computer scientists, accompanied by a government representative, are at Syracuse University conducting information-technology research as part of a collaboration between Syracuse and Kim Chaek University of Technology, in P'yongyang.

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