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BWM Newsletter #3
(December 24, 2013, prepared by Sung Suh, Professor at
PUST, Pyong Yang, DPRK)

Dear Friends and Supporters of Brighter World
Movement (BWM):

Shalom!

For the fall semester of 2013, I arrive at PUST (Pyong
Yang University of Science and Technology), Pyong
Yang, North Korea on Sunday, September 1, 2013, and
my first lecture on Differential Calculus started right
on schedule on Thursday, September 5. This is my
fourth
semester
of
teaching
at PUST,
includin
g the
spring
and the
fall of
2012, and the spring and this fall of 2013.

There were a large number of students (101 students
to be exact) in my class this time, which consists of
the entire class of year 2012, including ALS
(Agriculture and Life Science), ECE (Electrical and
Computer Engineering) and IFM (International Finance
and Management).
Smart and Hard Working Students
During the last two years, Ive frequently heard that
PUST students are smart; despite of that, to my
complete surprise, the result of final exam for my
course was that 34 students scored 100 out of 100
points; even
more
surprising
was the fact
that the
average
score for the
class was
94.6%! I
would say that the students are not only smart but
more importantly, a hard working bunch of young
men, indeed (Picture shown above is the students
rooting for their teammates during a sport event on
Sports Day).

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and 4
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Delivery of Solar Lamps

As expected the electric power situation during the
summer months including September and October
was reasonably good at
PUST; however, as the
winter approached, more
frequent power outages
occurred disrupting the
use of beam projectors
during lectures, and
sometimes no power at all
for many nights in
November. As previously
mentioned (BWM Newsletter 1 & 2) the power
outside of the city of Pyong Yang is virtually non-
existent, and it hardly improved during last few years
as can be seen from Google satellite picture of the
night scene of Korean peninsula.

Thanks to the supporters of BWM, we were able to
raise funds to purchase more than 1,000 solar lamps
this semester (each of S20 model costs about $10 per
unit from dlightdesign Co.); we were able to purchase
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Pyongyang Univ. of Science and Technology
PUST Campus
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500 lamps each 3
rd
and 4
th
time,
respectively, and brought them
to PUST for distribution to
needy people.
500 lamps are to be delivered
to North Korean orphans and
orphanages during this winter,
2013 by Prof. Sang Hoon Lee of YUST (YanBian
University of Science and Technology), who has been
looking after the orphanages for many years while
serving as a professor at YUST. Other 300 lamps are
to be delivered to farm villagers in south Whanghe
province in DPRK. The delivery of rest of 200 will be
decided upon upon my return to PUST in the spring
of 2014.

We would like to extend our sincere thanks again to
those who generously donated the funds and
practicing Love Thy Neighbors as well as to those
who showed their continued interests in helping
needy children and families in North Korea.
PUST-GPI Solar Lamp Design and Prototype Sample
Manufacturing
As reported in BWM Newsletter #2, we, at PUST-GPI
(PUST Green Planet Institute of R&D), have initiated
the design-development of solar lamps and CO gas
detector since the beginning of the spring semester,
2013. We are very happy to report that GPI has
successfully produced a few prototype samples of
both products.
The manufacture of those prototype models was
made feasible because of the fact that a 3-
dimensional printer (See the picture below) was
purchased and brought to PUST-GPI just in time for
the projects completion. The development work has
been completed by the dedicated workers of GPI
development
team, lead by Mr.
HM Park, a
volunteer
engineer from
YanJi, China and
three GPI
development
engineers. A
special thank is due to GPI development team!
The lamps developed can not only be used as a
lighting device but also as a hand-phone battery
charger; the design is of low cost, yet efficient and
sturdy, meeting local market needs. The next step is to
produce a few plastic injection molds; when those
molds are ready, 1,000 beta-units are to be
manufactured in order to test market them in DPRK in
late spring, 2014. Its design is a multi-functional lamp
in that the model includes a serial USB hand-phone
charger slot, as well as two hand-phone battery
compartments to set-in and to charge; the unit shall
be able to recharge 100% of all batteries used in
DPRK. (The picture below is of solar lamp prototype)

The completion of the project is a major step forward
in accomplishing BWMs self-sustainable mode of
operation; the sales of the lamps in the future would
generate enough income needed to push forward
with its mission in North Korea.
PUST CO-gas Detector Development that saves lives
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The prototype of the second project, an inexpensive,
affordable CO gas detector was also produced
during this fall at PUST-GPI. As some of you may
know, North Korean winter is extremely harsh and
cold; however, we do not know why but most of
homes in North Korea have been built with an
electrical space heating system. You know by now
what it means; practically no room heating since there
is little electricity available particularly during winter
season. As a consequence, families in North Korea
either persevere with the cold winter weather without
heating at all, or resort to coal burning, without
appropriate ventilation; as a consequence, a number
of people get sick and even die from CO gas
poisoning every winter.
The design is of low power requirement needing only

three 1.5 volt batteries--a huge advantage where a
battery is not only expensive, but not readily
available. The prototype, shown above, is equipped
with a solar panel so that its batteries can be
recharged when necessary. A picture below is another
CO gas detector model developed)

Like Solar lamps, GPI plans to produce 1,000 beta
units to test market the detector units in DPRK. The
government approvals for the manufacture and sale of
both products are being sought; also several patents,
both domestic and international, are being applied for
their unique design features.
In Closing.

During the semester, the BWM website has been
further developed thanks to those KUMCSD church
members of San Diego and Mr. John Ananin of
Potters Grace; the site can be visited by clicking either
of: www.brighterworldmovement.org or
www.brighterworldmission.org. A companion website,
www.loveshine.org has also been developed by John;
BWM site will be linked to the loveshine site. There is
more work to be done yet on the sites but the current
version of the sites are available for viewing.

In summary, we are pleased to report that we have
witnessed that further steps taken, including
above projects, have begun to yield significant
results; we ask for your continuing supports and
prayers for the success of these efforts.
Let there be light, and there was light (Genesis
1:3). We are dreaming of a dream wishing
many Einsteins being born and many Steve Jobs
being trained under BWM solar lamps and at
PUST.
Thank you.
**BWM is one of the Special Projects of ACEF (Asia
Culture & Education Foundation). ACEF is a non-
profit organization; its website is:
Brighterworldmovement.org.
**If you are interested in PUST, please contact ACEF;
we will send you a DVD which introduces PUST in
detail. PUST urgently needs professors as well as
research workers at its GPI R&D center.