Pyongyang Medical University is the top medical school in North Korea.

History

After the Department of Medical Science at Kim Il-sung University was split up in 1948, the Pyongyang Medical University was officially established by the North Korean government. In 1962,

Kim Bong-han Kim Bong-han (; born 1916) was a North Korean medical surgeon at Pyongyang Medical University and Kyung-Rak institute (KRI). He is primarily known for his research on a proposed mechanism for acupuncture that was not accepted by the mainstream m ...

, a professor of Pyongyang Medical University, reported that he had found the anatomical structure of

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-collaterals, which he named Bonghan corpuscles (BHCs) and Bonghan ducts (BHDs).

References

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