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The unfortunate students of general middle schools have gradually turned into labor for the benefit of affluent households and the powerful classes. Affluent households get children from the lower classes to repair fences, harvest crops, produce charcoal briquette..
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What does education signify in North Korea, and who are the learners?Inside North Korean sources maintain, "Even in the cities, because many people believe it is sufficient to be literate and able to perform rudimentary mathematics, many do not send their childre..
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So what is the latest trend for North Korean youths? Of course, a significant difference exists between urban and rural areas. According to a North Korean source, “The urban young drive around on motorcycles while the rural young use Japanese used-bicycles.”Anoth..
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No matter how hard the Kim Jong Il regime tries to block the eyes and ears of the North Korean citizens with decrees and regulations, the spirit of the times will not be tamed. In particular, teenagers play the role of pioneers able to integrate diverse cultures..
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For students, school is no longer a place in which to study, but a place in which to make money. The education authorities in Hyesan decided to check the bags of Wiyeon Middle School students back in late July. The results were apparently quite a shock. There we..
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In North Korea, educational institutions long ago stopped cultivating people of talent, but remain extremely important for the circulation of market information. This is because school is a place where many people regularly gather and share information freely, alm..
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As a result of the August Sectarian Event, North Korea’s notorious political prison camps were founded. According to Hwang Jang Yop, North Korea’s former International Affairs Secretary of the Central Committee of the Party who defected to South Korea in 1997, Kim..
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"I really hope they get rid of compulsory education; I would rather pay a monthly tuition fee..." This is the bitter cry of parents in North Korea, a country which prides itself on being a "land of education" and having 11-years of compulsory schooling. For in No..
[2009-09-07 14:08] |
| However, Kim Il Sung and his followers were informed of the moves being made by the factions aligned against Kim through the Deputy Prime Minister, Choi Yong Gun. Kim Il Sung rushed back to Pyongyang, postponed the General Assembly of the Party, which was s..
[2009-09-04 16:40] |
| 40 years ago yesterday, Muammar al-Gaddafi, the leader of Libya, seized power from king Idris in the military coup d’état while the king was abroad. There was a parade to commemorate the 40th Anniversary of the Libyan Revolution in Tripoli, Libya on Septembe..
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