BACKGROUND Understanding the health status of North Korean refugees (NKRs), and changes in health during the resettlement process, is important from both the humanitarian standpoint and the scientific perspective. The NOrth Korean Refugee health iN South Korea (NORNS) study aims to document the health status and health determinants of North Korean refugees, to observe various health outcomes as...

Objective According to previous social survey, a high number of North Korean refugees (NKRs) in South Korea had suicidal ideation. The purpose of this study is to examine the related factors for suicidal ideation among NKRs by gender in South Korea. Methods We examined the sample of NKRs, 701 subjects (men=160, women=-541) residing in South Korea, the participants were enrolled from October 2...

The problem of leprosy in Korea, like so many other problems, is one of great complexity. The war resulted in the division of the country and the migration of large sections of the population from North to South . The consequent disruption of the whole economy of the country, has faced the United Nations Organisations with almost unsurmountable difficulties. Great credit has to be given to thes...

Tuberculosis (TB) has long been one of the most serious public health problems in North Korea (Democratic People’s Republic of Korea). The estimated TB incidence of 345/100,000 population is higher than in some countries with generalized HIV/AIDS epidemics [1]. HIV is thought to be almost nonexistent in North Korea, but chronic malnutrition, an important risk factor for TB, has become a fact of...

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Protrusion of N-acetylglucosamine Kinase Clusters into the Base of Excitatory Synapses Il Soo Moon*, Sun-Jung Cho, HyunSook Lee, Dae-Hyun Seog and Randall Walikonis Department of Anatomy, College of Medicine, Dongguk University, Gyeongju 780-714, Korea Department of Biochemistry, College of Medicine, Inje University, Pusan 614-735, Korea Department of Physiology and Neurobiology, University of ...

This study aims to estimate the amount of air pollutants emitted from heavy industrial facilities in North Korea. The industry sector Korea was classified according South Korean definition, and pollutant emissions that it generated were estimated for 2017. Emissions carbon monoxide (CO), nitrogen oxides (NOx), sulfur (SOx) by 22, 73, 31%, respectively, those Korea’ emissions. Moreover, CO, NOx,...

OBJECTIVE This study was conducted at Hanawon-a government sponsored educational facility for the settlement of North Korean refugees during their initial phase in South Korea-in 2004 to explore their mental health status and traumatic experiences in North Korea and during their escape period. METHODS A survey was conducted in November 2004 with 62 North Korean refugees at Hanawon, and the Tr...

PROGRESS REPORT OF REDTOL: THE RED ALGAL TREE OF LIFE Yoon, H. S. Sungkyunkwan University, Republic Of Korea, [email protected] Bhattacharya, D. Rutgers University, USA, [email protected] Boo, S. M. Chungnam National University, Republic Of Korea, [email protected] Fredericq, S. University of Louisiana at Lafayette, USA, [email protected] Hommersand, M. University of North Caro...

Dae Won Park, Shaoning Jiang, Yanping Liu, Gene P. Siegal, Ken Inoki, Edward Abraham, and Jaroslaw W. Zmijewski Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama; Department of Pathology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama; Division of Infectious Diseases, Korea University Ansan Hospital, Ansan, Korea; University of Michigan Medical School, A...