Tag: children

N. Korean parents less inclined to send kids to kindergarten than...

Fewer North Korean parents want their children to attend kindergarten these days in some areas of the country, Daily NK has learned. "The number of...

What we know about Kim Ju Ae’s chances for succession so...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was accompanied by his young daughter Kim Ju Ae at several public events, including the opening of a...

Several N. Korean children injured due to poorly maintained playground equipment

Several children have been injured after falling from an old swing carousel at a kindergarten playground in Yonsa County, North Hamgyong Province, Daily NK...

Rodong Sinmun editorial rubs some N. Korean women the wrong way

Some North Korean women have been expressing their discontent with an editorial that ran in the Rodong Sinmun on International Women’s Day (Mar. 8)...

N. Korean teachers increasingly turn to students’ parents for help

North Korean teachers facing severe financial hardship are turning to parents for help. While schools harshly criticize teachers for such behavior, some teachers are...

N. Korea’s educational divide worsens with increase in private tutoring

More and more parents are turning to private tutoring for their children as the quality of education in North Korean schools declines, Daily NK...

Two unfortunate teenagers the talk of the town in Sinuiju

Sinuiju residents are talking about two teenagers who ended up on the streets after their mother was imprisoned for non-socialist behavior, Daily NK has...

Where is Kim Jong Un’s eldest son and what is he...

Editor’s Note: This article was originally published on Daily NK’s Korean website in June 2023.  Recently, there has been increasing interest in Kim Jong Un’s...

Behind the idyllic-looking lives of North Korea’s nuclear weapons researchers

After announcing plans to upgrade North Korea's nuclear arsenal at the Eighth Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea in early 2021, Kim Jong...

Kaesong dialect targeted in N. Korea’s drive to eliminate non-standard speech

As the North Korean government seeks to tighten ideological control over the "next generation" of children and young people this year, it is taking...

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