I've been aware for some time now that the United States has limited educational and cultural exchange with North Korea. Last year I had the opportunity to discuss this at length with one of the participants in Syracuse University's exchange program with Kimchaek University in Pyongyang, a long-running program.
My thanks to Brian in Jeollanam-Do for calling my attention to a new study abroad program involving North Korea. The Pyongyang Project is a non profit academic endeavor that started in 2009 as some young academics and their advisors forged a long term relationship with the Korean International Youth and Children's Travel Company (KIYCTC) in P'yongyang, and worked with North Korea's Ministry of Education, Kim Il Sung University and the DPRK Foreign Ministry.
This is an encouraging project and will be an interesting one, indeed, to follow.