Last week, the Korean Central News Agency reported that seven local inventors received awards from the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). The awards were handed out last Wednesday and were part of events to mark world intellectual property day on April 26.

I was intrigued at how WIPO had found these inventors, so I contacted the Geneva-based organization to find out.

KCNA reported the winners as:

  • Jon Hyong Su (전형수), room chief of Pyongyang University of Architecture (평양건축종합대학)
  • Kim Chol Hyok (김철혁), post-graduate student of Pyongyang University of Architecture
  • Hong Song Hyok (홍성혁), designer of the Management Bureau for the Preservation of the Revolutionary Sites
  • Pang More >