Engage North Korea : Stuart Vogel - teachers from the Pyongyang College of Education will come to NZ

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Stuart Vogel - teachers from the Pyongyang College of Education will come to NZ

Stuart Vogel - In part as a result of the trip that Richard...

Stuart Vogel added 8 new photos to the album North Korean Teachers coming to New Zealand.
17 April ·

In part as a result of the trip that Richard Lawrence and I made to North Korea last year, 3 teachers from the Pyongyang College of Education will come to NZ to study modern techniques of teaching English later this year. They will attend a Language school on Auckland’s North Shore where a course has been designed for them. We are working on finding suitable accommodation. Visas for this purpose have a due process to go through, but they will be issued. They will be here for 2 months. More info to come, but let me or Richard know if you are interested in supporting the project. We will pass on the bank account numbers and that would be much appreciated.

NZ is often seen as a small, insignificant, country “down under” and on the edge of nowhere. But Aotearoa can sometimes punch well above its weight. Perhaps we can even knock out the odd giant. North Korea is seen as an enemy state, but as Abraham Lincoln said “do I not destroy my enemies when I make them my friends?” After recent events, many of us here now have Muslim friends. There is no reason why we can’t have friends who come from North Korea as well.
(Here are some pics of the 3 North Korean teachers who came to NZ in 2014 and of education in the DPRK.. Love the symbolism of the voting sign and the Māori gate)

North Korean Teachers coming to New Zealand
8 photos