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Date : April 29, 2019
Students at University frustrated about their futures
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Students at University of Coal Mining in Pyongsong frustrated about their futures

One area impacted by continuing international sanctions on North Korea has been the countrys coal industry. Now students at the University of Coal Mining in North Korea are expressing frustration about their futures.

University of Coal Mining students are asking themselves whether what theyre studying is totally meaningless, a South Pyongan Province-based source told Daily NK. The halt in coal exports means that theres no professors who can guide them and they arent finding any answers through discussions with their fellow students. Theyre frustrated.

The University of Coal Mining in Pyongsong, South Pyongan Province, cultivates future members of the countrys coal industry and include programs focused on the fields of mining, refining, equipment development and energy-related research. North Korea has large stores of coal and the country has focused on developing these resources for some time.

Since the Kim Il Sung-era, North Korea has placed importance on the coal industry and coal-friendly energy policies have long been in place. The export coal has also been a source of foreign currency for the regimes coffers. A Korea Industry Trade Association (KITA) report states that North Koreas exports of coal to China reached 1.18 billion USD (around 22 million tons) in 2016.

The UN Security Councils Resolution 2371, which was adopted in response to North Koreas launch of a ICBM in 2017, prohibited the countrys export of coal and disrupted the regimes money-making activities. ......

[Source: Daily NK]


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