North Korea is encouraging local scientists and engineers to contribute to a self-sustaining economy amid toughened global sanctions against the regime.
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The North's ruling party's newspaper, the Rodong Sinmun, recently issued an article about the recent achievements by researchers at Kim Chaek University of Technology in Pyongyang.
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The report said that the university set a high goal of pursuing about 400 science research projects that will greatly contribute to enhancing the self-reliance of the country's economy.
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It also introduced multiple science and technology issues handled and resolved by the university researchers.