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guillaumeb

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Tue May 30, 2017, 08:32 PM May 2017

Pacific Christian School Teaches Scions of the Elite in Atheist North Korea

From the article:

"Set on 250 sprawling acres in North Korea’s capital, the Pyongyang University of Science and Technology abides by the cult of the Kim family.
Atop its main building, large red characters praise “General Kim Jong-un,” the country’s provocative young leader. At the front of lecture halls hang smiling portraits of his father and grandfather, who led the nation before him.
Yet the school is different in one striking way. In a country that bans religion, it is run by evangelical Christians."

To read more:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/29/world/asia/north-korea-university-christian-evangelical.html?emc=edit_tnt_20170529&nlid=63450943&tntemail0=y&_r=1&mtrref=undefined

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Pacific Christian School Teaches Scions of the Elite in Atheist North Korea (Original Post) guillaumeb May 2017 OP
Interesting read. littlemissmartypants May 2017 #1
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