> An older version of the app, version 1.1, was previously detailed by Alek Sigley, an Australian student who previously lived in Pyongyang while studying at Kim Il Sung University.
How does that work? Do they just let foreigners into their University? And does this get accepted in any western state? Also, good luck ever working for a defense company or anything sensitive after that, I guess.
Except for Americans, the place was full of western tourists like me and my HSBC cards worked just fine. Those insulated places might not be as insulated as the general perception leads you to believe. The internet situation was PIA, though I hear its much better now.
There's the Korean friendship association https://korea-dpr.com/
It's tuition-free and the state provides room and board. Part of the admission criteria is that you have to be from an underprivileged community and you take an oath to go back to serve that community.
They have accepted folks from poor parts of the US, as well.
What do you mean “accepted”? Is it illegal to learn in a country even if it’s a dictatorship? Last two Kims and The Sister got education in Europe, btw. New kids will do so too and then will return to reign.
Universities have to be accredited for other universities to accept their transfer credits.
If companies want you to have a four-year degree then they have to believe you when you say you have one.
> Is it illegal to learn in a country even if it’s a dictatorship?
It's illegal for US citizens to do a lot of things with North Korea specifically, if you don't have permission first. That's how economic sanctions work.
Those are political sanctions desguised as economic sanction.
The stated purpose of these economic sanctions is to degrade the ability of an authoritarian regime from functioning to reduce the threat that it poses in the region and bring about political and economic change.
Yep, looks that way: http://www.ryongnamsan.edu.kp/univ/en/education/internationa... (although I note that 'the US' is not included in the list of past students' nationalities).
There is also a private university in Pyongyang funded by foreign Evangelicals, including from the US: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyongyang_University_of_Scienc...
“Thrilling reality” is an interesting end to that sentence.
"Well Jim, I lived there for 4 years. Let me tell you how North Koreans think.'
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