One of North Korea’s most prominent universities, the Kim Chaek University of Technology (KCUT), signed a memorandum of cooperation in areas including science and engineering with a university based out of Vladivostok on Thursday, according to a press release issued by the Russian Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU).

The two universities “plan to exchange students and teachers and conduct joint research,” the release said.

Signing the agreement for the Russian side, FEFU President Nikita Anisimov said he was “confident that the joint work of students and teachers will enrich our universities and will contribute to the strengthening of friendship between