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2009/12/05 13:52 KST
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.