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Pyongyang University of Foreign Studies Successful at 4th National Quick-reading Contest

Pyongyang, January 19 (KCNA) -- Pyongyang University of Foreign Studies proved successful again at the recent 4th national quick-reading contest of university students. The university overwhelmed all their rivals, thus winning four consecutive wins.

Experts said three students from the university reached a world level.

The university has paid big efforts to training quick-readers after developing the methodology for students to recognize main points and details of quick reading.

It has produced tens of excellent quick-readers, including those who can read a novel numbering over 20 000 characters within 10 seconds and remember its details.