Comments on: More N. Korean students studying in the U.S.

By: Tanker

Tanker — Mon, 21 Nov 2005 00:00:28 +0000

baduk/ Yeah. Those “North Koreans” are actually soren sutudents from Japan. Who else?

By: Pyotr

Pyotr — Sat, 19 Nov 2005 12:24:40 +0000

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On a side note-
I wonder if Australian nationals could find a way to study in the DPRK (as an undergrad with a major in ???) ?

Posted by: Hojuin | November 16, 2005 at 03:46 PM”

I seem to recall an article referenced from here which mentioned a couple of North Koreans studying Agricultural Science at the Australian National University in Canberra. Under which programme, I’m not sure.

But given this, and the fact that North Korea has diplomatic relations with Australia and an embassy in Canberra, I can’t see how it would be out of the question for an Australian citizen to study in North Korea.

By: virtual wonderer

virtual wonderer — Fri, 18 Nov 2005 05:32:54 +0000

does anyone know if the north korean nationals are soren members or real DPRK students?

By: baduk

baduk — Thu, 17 Nov 2005 16:26:35 +0000

Nobody thinks the quality of dancers has anything to do with what ensued.

By: baduk

baduk — Thu, 17 Nov 2005 16:23:59 +0000

OK for them to study in the US as long as they don’t take flying lessons. When they visit local strip club, you must notify FBI. (For those who don’t know, Islam terrorists visited a local skin joint night before they hijacked the planes to attack Twin Towers.)

By: wooj

wooj — Thu, 17 Nov 2005 09:40:08 +0000

I hardly ever see Japanese engineering grad students in the U.S., although there are tons of Korean students. I’ve asked some Japanese researchers about this and it seems like the reasons are 1. Japan already has very good universities that offer advanced research environments, 2. They are somewhat “nationalistic” in that it is hard for one to gain recognition and professorships, etc. without obtaining his/her degree from a domestic institute.

By: William G

William G — Thu, 17 Nov 2005 07:08:00 +0000

Maybe the NORKS are there scouting out new people for Kim Jeong Il to kidnap and make movies for him.

By: Sonagi

Sonagi — Thu, 17 Nov 2005 05:46:20 +0000

Maybe the NORKs are studying nuclear engineering.

One possible reason why Koreans outnumber Japanese is that Koreans attach more social value to advanced education. I remember reading in the Times or the Herald several years ago that Korea has more PhDs per capita than Japan. In Korea, I knew an older Japanese visiting university professor with only a master’s degree. He explained that nowadays, a PhD is needed to obtain a professorship, but in the past, there were’t many PhDs and a master’s was sufficient. Except in certain vocational fields like nursing, I never met a Korean or American professor who did not have a PhD.

By: Ray

Ray — Thu, 17 Nov 2005 01:55:34 +0000

I’d like to take this opportunity to say that this current theme kinda stinks. I know you can do better, Marmot.

Love,
Ray

P.S. - i’m kind of out of the loop so forgive me if there’s already been a resolution to this.

By: Hojuin

Hojuin — Wed, 16 Nov 2005 23:46:29 +0000

I wonder if Korean students overseas is so much about dissatisfaction with Korean education or more to do with the rising strength of the won which makes studying (at least in my country) a fair bit cheaper…

On a side note-
I wonder if Australian nationals could find a way to study in the DPRK (as an undergrad with a major in ???) ?