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TIL Kim Il Sung University is one of two North Korean universities that presently accepts foreign students, the other being Kim Hyong Jik University of Education. It hosts approximately 100 exchange students a year, the majority from China. Alumni include Kim Jong Il, Chinese official Zhang Dejiang

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