Tag: education

Repatriated North Korean students await decisions on their futures

Hundreds of North Korean students who were repatriated last year are being transferred to domestic universities or assigned to work. The future of the...

Three North Koreans share their hopes for schools in the New...

Kim Mo (a pseudonym), a teacher in his 40s at a lower secondary school (middle school) in Wonsan, Gangwon Province, recently shared his wish...

Three N. Koreans help explain their country’s declining birth rate

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un made waves when he mentioned his country's “declining birth rate” while delivering the opening remarks at the Fifth...

Facing uncertain future, N. Korean high schooler takes own life

A high school student at a Pyongyang recently leaped to his death from a high-rise building, Daily NK has learned.  Speaking on condition of anonymity...

Hyesan schools suspend classes to allow students to collect winter firewood

Some schools in Yanggang Province’s city of Hyesan have recently suspended classes so that students can collect firewood for the winter, Daily NK has...

Elementary schooler breaks arm while loading garbage truck at school

A third-grade boy at an elementary school in Hamhung, South Hamgyong Province, got in an accident and broke his arm while being forced to...

Hyesan schools demand firewood and cash from students to prepare for...

Schools in Yanggang Province's city of Hyesan are demanding students contribute firewood or cash to purchase firewood to heat classrooms during the coming winter,...

N. Korean schools’ autumn picnics and sports days are not universally...

North Hamgyong Province's schools recently organized autumn picnics and sports days, but some students were unable to join in the festivities due to family...

N. Korean teacher replaced after encouraging competition among students

On Aug. 31 of last year, the teaching staff at an elementary school in Taegwan County, North Pyongan Province, nervously gathered for an emergency...

A deep dive into N. Korea’s Civil Servant Qualification Assessment Exam

Civil servants in North Korea are required to take the Civil Servant Qualification Assessment Exam, but until now little was known about how the...

Recent Articles