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Rose Kwak
Rose Kwak is an NK News contributor based in Seoul. She previously worked at the Korea Economist Institute (KEI).
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News Pyongyang university no longer seeking American volunteersAmid chronic staff shortages and travel ban, PUST releases call for non-U.S. faculty
A recent travel ban issued by President Donald Trump means that an international Christian university in Pyongyang is no longer seeking American volunteers, a recruitment notice seen by NK News on Tuesday reads. The ban, which Pyongyang University of Science and Technology (PUST) says now affects up to half of their faculty, prohibits U.S. citizens from visiting the DPRK. The notice, send as part of a call for volunteers, suggests that hopes in some quarters that Washington might be flexible about exempting PUST’s volunteers from the recent North Korea travel ban now appear to have been dashed. “So-called ‘Trump Ban’ © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. |