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Tuberculosis in North Korea.

Full Text Full Text (PDF) Supporting Online Material Induction of Colonic Regulatory T Cells by Indigenous Clostridium Species Koji Atarashi, Takeshi Tanoue, Tatsuichiro Shima, Akemi Imaoka, Tomomi Kuwahara, Yoshika Momose, Genh Sho Yamasaki, Takashi Saito, Yusuke Ohba, Tadatsugu Taniguchi, Kiyoshi Takeda, Shohei Hori, Ivaylo I. Ivan Kikuji Itoh, and Kenya Honda Science 21 January 2011: 337-341...

Medical education of north Korea.

Can Economic Theory Demystify North Korea?

The starting point of this paper is the assumption that North Korea is de facto a well defined nation-state with a national economy and inhabited by individuals that bear the same basic economic and social characteristics as individuals elsewhere. Despite the obvious specifics of the economic system and the institutional structure of that country, standard economic theory should be applicable t...

North Korea: From Failing towards Reforming State?

According to most criteria, North Korea would be classified as a failing state. More often than not the country’s destiny has been predicted as collapse, chaos, and in the end, absorption by South Korea. However, so far the Kim Jong-il regime proved viable and cultivated the art to survive within a globalizing world without opening up. More recently, North Korean authorities appeared to revive ...

Ethno-entomological observations from North Korea (officially known as the “Democratic People’s Republic of Korea”)

In terms of scientific activities generally and ethnobiological pursuits in particular, North Korea, officially known as the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, is an almost blank entity on the quilt of global research. During a sabbatical semester at Pyongyang University of Science and Technology the author used this opportunity to gather some information on the uses of insect and other ter...