▁sch ol ars ▁One ▁early ▁Korean ▁scholar ▁in ▁Czech oslov ak ia ▁was ▁Han ▁H ŭ ng - su . ▁Born ▁in ▁ 1 9 0 9 , ▁he ▁studied ▁in ▁Vienna , ▁Bern , ▁and ▁F rib ourg ▁in ▁the ▁late ▁ 1 9 3 0 s ▁and ▁early ▁ 1 9 4 0 s ▁before ▁coming ▁to ▁Prag ue ▁in ▁either ▁ 1 9 4 2 ▁or ▁ 1 9 4 3 . ▁He ▁stayed ▁there ▁for ▁a ▁few ▁years , ▁transl ating ▁Korean ▁literature ▁into ▁German ▁and ▁Czech ▁and ▁writing ▁a ▁book ▁and ▁various ▁articles ▁in ▁those ▁languages ▁about ▁the ▁history ▁of ▁Korea . ▁A ▁supp orter ▁of ▁commun ism , ▁he ▁chose ▁Py ong y ang ▁as ▁his ▁destination ▁when ▁he ▁returned ▁to ▁the ▁Korean ▁pen ins ula ▁in ▁the ▁late ▁ 1 9 4 0 s , ▁but ▁was ▁p urg ed ▁near ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁Korean ▁War . ▁ ▁Most ▁North ▁Korean ▁international ▁students ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 5 0 s ▁studied ▁in ▁either ▁Czech oslov ak ia ▁or ▁Hung ary . ▁In ▁ 1 9 5 5 , ▁there ▁were ▁student ▁demonstr ations ▁at ▁Charles ▁University ▁in ▁response ▁to ▁the ▁financial ▁assistance ▁and ▁prefer ential ▁treatment ▁shown ▁to ▁North ▁Korean ▁students . ▁There ▁were ▁about ▁ 1 5 0 ▁North ▁Korean ▁students ▁in ▁Czech oslov ak ia ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 9 , ▁according ▁to ▁the ▁personal ▁testim ony ▁of ▁two ▁among ▁them — both ▁students ▁at ▁a ▁dent al ▁college ▁in ▁Prag