{"entity":{"id":"kp-institute-of-radiation-medicine","kind":"institution","name":"Institute of Radiation Medicine, Korean Academy of Medical Science","aka":["Korean Academy of Medical Science Institute of Radiation Medicine"],"tldr":"A medical research institute in Pyongyang that the International Atomic Energy Agency lists as a radiotherapy centre with one cobalt machine. The entry was last updated in 2016.","summary":"IAEA DIRAC lists the Korean Academy of Medical Science (Institute of Radiation Medicine) in Pyongchon, Pyongyang, as a radiotherapy centre with one cobalt-60 teletherapy unit and no linear accelerator, brachytherapy unit or CT scanner; the entry was last updated in 2016. It is one of two centres DIRAC lists for North Korea. OnCo read no other primary source on the institute. Coordinates are DIRAC's.","asOf":"2026-11-11","links":[{"label":"IAEA DIRAC: radiotherapy centres and equipment (read 11 November 2026)","url":"https://dirac.iaea.org/Data/CountriesLight"}],"tags":[],"related":[],"cancers":[],"sections":[],"technologies":[],"targets":[],"drugs":[],"companies":[],"institutions":["kp-red-cross-general-hospital-pyongyang","kp-pyongyang-medical-university-hospital","iaea"],"pathways":[],"terms":[],"trials":[],"people":[],"bottlenecks":[],"keyPapers":[],"journals":[],"dependsOn":[],"notes":[],"city":"Pyongyang","country":"KP","lat":39.002,"lng":125.724,"institutionType":"research-institute","programs":["Radiotherapy (one cobalt-60 unit in IAEA DIRAC, entry updated 2016)"]},"route":"/institutions/kp-institute-of-radiation-medicine/","neighbours":{"institution":[{"id":"kp-pyongyang-medical-university-hospital","kind":"institution","name":"Hospital of Pyongyang Medical University","route":"/institutions/kp-pyongyang-medical-university-hospital/"},{"id":"iaea","kind":"institution","name":"International Atomic Energy Agency: Rays of Hope","route":"/institutions/iaea/"},{"id":"kp-red-cross-general-hospital-pyongyang","kind":"institution","name":"Red Cross General Hospital, Pyongyang","route":"/institutions/kp-red-cross-general-hospital-pyongyang/"}]}}