Nobel Laureate to give lecture at N. Korean university: RFA

SEOUL, Dec. 5 (Yonhap) -- Nobel Laureate Peter Agre will give a special lecture
to North Korean students and scientists during a visit to the communist country
next week, a Radio Free Asia (RFA) broadcast picked up in Seoul on Saturday said.

The broadcast aired by the non-profit corporation said Agre and other U.S.
scientists will visit the Kimchaek University of Technology to give his lecture
and hold talks with representatives from North Korean academia to discuss ways to
advance bilateral scientific cooperation
Agre is a medical doctor and molecular biologist who was awarded the 2003 Nobel
Prize in Chemistry for his discovery of aquaporins. He is currently the chairman
of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
RFA said that the U.S. scientists will return home around Dec. 16.
It added organizer for the trip made clear that the visit by the U.S. scientists
had nothing to do with the planned visit by Stephen Bosworth, Washington's
special representative for North Korea policy next week.
The envoy will fly to Pyongyang Tuesday and stay there for three days before
returning to Seoul on Thursday.
yonngong@yna.co.kr
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