Pyongyang University of Foreign Studies

Pyongyang University of Foreign Studies
평양외국어대학
Location	,  Democratic People's Republic of Korea

The Pyongyang University of Foreign Studies is a 5-year university in Pyongyang, North Korea, specialising in language education. It was split off from Kim Il-sung University in 1964.^[1] It has separate colleges for students of English, Russian, Chinese, and Japanese; the so-called "Ethnic Languages College" offers instruction in a further 18 languages, including French, Spanish, Arabic, Thai, Urdu, Khmer, and, as of July 2007, Polish and Italian.^[2] The school does not have as high a reputation as those of Kim Il-sung University's foreign languages division, which trains members of the political elite; most graduates go on to become working-level diplomats or work in the intelligence service.^[3]

Notable students, faculty, and alumni

• Charles Robert Jenkins, American defector and former English teacher; his daughters Brinda and Mika formerly attended as students^[4]
• James Dresnok, son of American defector James Joseph Dresnok^[5]

References

Coordinates: 39°3′55″N 125°46′4″E / 39.06528°N 125.76778°E / 39.06528; 125.76778

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