Editing Pyongyang (section)

==Education and science==
[[Kim Il Sung University]], North Korea's oldest university, was established in 1946.<ref name="EBPyongyang"/> It has 21 faculties, 4 research institutes, and 10 other university units.<ref>{{cite web |date=2022-06-30 |title=Faculties - KIM IL SUNG UNIVERSITY |url=http://www.ryongnamsan.edu.kp/univ/en/about/organization/faculties |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220630235255/http://www.ryongnamsan.edu.kp/univ/en/about/organization/faculties |archive-date=2022-06-30 |access-date=2022-08-02}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=2022-06-30 |title=Research Institutes - KIM IL SUNG UNIVERSITY |url=http://www.ryongnamsan.edu.kp/univ/en/about/organization/institutes |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220630235605/http://www.ryongnamsan.edu.kp/univ/en/about/organization/institutes |archive-date=2022-06-30 |access-date=2022-08-02}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=2022-06-30 |title=Units - KIM IL SUNG UNIVERSITY |url=http://www.ryongnamsan.edu.kp/univ/en/about/organization/units |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220630235645/http://www.ryongnamsan.edu.kp/univ/en/about/organization/units |archive-date=2022-06-30 |access-date=2022-08-02}}</ref> These include the primary medical education and health personnel training unit, the medical college; a physics faculty which covers a range of studies including [[theoretical physics]], optical science, [[geophysics]] and [[astrophysics]];<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ryongnamsan.edu.kp/univ/intro/college_fac |title=Colleges and Faculties |publisher=[[Kim Il Sung University]] |access-date=20 April 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141213095015/http://www.ryongnamsan.edu.kp/univ/intro/college_fac |archive-date=13 December 2014}}</ref> an atomic energy institute and the largest law firm in the country (Ryongnamsan Law Office).<ref>{{cite web |date=2022-06-30 |title=Ryongnamsan Law Office - KIM IL SUNG UNIVERSITY |url=http://www.ryongnamsan.edu.kp/univ/en/about/organization/units/legal-service |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220630235817/http://www.ryongnamsan.edu.kp/univ/en/about/organization/units/legal-service |archive-date=2022-06-30 |access-date=2022-08-02}}</ref> Kim Il Sung University also has its own publishing house, sports club ([[Ryongnamsan Sports Club]]),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ryongnamsan.edu.kp/univ/intro/institute |title=Research Institutes and Units |publisher=[[Kim Il Sung University]] |access-date=20 April 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141213100705/http://www.ryongnamsan.edu.kp/univ/intro/institute |archive-date=13 December 2014}}</ref> revolutionary museum, nature museum, libraries, a gym, indoor swimming pool and educator apartment houses. Its four main buildings were completed in 1965 (Building 1), 1972 (Building 2), and 2017 (Buildings 3 and 4).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ryongnamsan.edu.kp/univ/intro/building |title=Main Buildings |publisher=[[Kim Il Sung University]] |access-date=20 April 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150703064914/http://www.ryongnamsan.edu.kp/univ/intro/building |archive-date=3 July 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=2022-07-01 |title=Building No. 3 - KIM IL SUNG UNIVERSITY |url=http://www.ryongnamsan.edu.kp/univ/en/about/buildings/building-3 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220701000300/http://www.ryongnamsan.edu.kp/univ/en/about/buildings/building-3 |archive-date=2022-07-01 |access-date=2022-08-02}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=2022-07-01 |title=Building No. 4 - KIM IL SUNG UNIVERSITY |url=http://www.ryongnamsan.edu.kp/univ/en/about/buildings/building-4 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220701000309/http://www.ryongnamsan.edu.kp/univ/en/about/buildings/building-4 |archive-date=2022-07-01 |access-date=2022-08-02}}</ref>
[[File:Kim Il-sung University computer room.jpg|thumb|A computer class at [[Kim Il Sung University]] in session]]
Other higher education establishments include [[Kim Chaek University of Technology]], [[Pyongyang University of Music and Dance]] and [[Pyongyang University of Foreign Studies]]. [[Pyongyang University of Science and Technology|Pyongyang University of Science and Technology (PUST)]] is the country's first private university where most of the lecturers are American and courses are carried out in English.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-25945931 |title=Inside North Korea's Western-funded university |work=BBC News |date=3 February 2014 |access-date=20 April 2015 |archive-date=5 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180605022138/http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-25945931 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/private-university-in-north-korea-offers-lessons-in-science-and-world-peace/2011/07/25/gIQAQ5lPSL_story.html |title=In North Korea, a Western-backed university |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=8 October 2011 |access-date=20 April 2015 |archive-date=22 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220522091910/https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/private-university-in-north-korea-offers-lessons-in-science-and-world-peace/2011/07/25/gIQAQ5lPSL_story.html |url-status=live }}</ref> A science and technology hall is under construction on Ssuk Islet. Its stated purpose is to contribute to the "informatization of educational resources" by centralizing teaching materials, compulsory literature and experimental data for state-level use in a digital format.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ifes.kyungnam.ac.kr/eng/FRM/FRM_0101V.aspx?code=FRM150123_0001 |title=Science and Technology Hall to be Built in Pyongyang's Ssuk Islet |publisher=Institute for Far Eastern Studies |date=23 January 2015 |access-date=21 April 2015 |archive-date=23 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150423163356/http://ifes.kyungnam.ac.kr/eng/FRM/FRM_0101V.aspx?code=FRM150123_0001 |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[Sosong-guyok]] hosts a 20 [[MeV]] [[cyclotron]] called MGC-20. The initial project was approved by the [[International Atomic Energy Agency]] (IAEA) in 1983 and funded by the IAEA, the United States and the North Korean government. The cyclotron was ordered from the [[Soviet Union]] in 1985 and constructed between 1987 and 1990. It is used for student training, production of medical isotopes for [[nuclear medicine]] as well as studies in biology, chemistry and physics.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nti.org/facilities/758/ |title=MGC-20 Cyclotron |publisher=NTI.org |access-date=20 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117010831/http://www.nti.org/facilities/758/ |archive-date=17 November 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref>