Tag: education

Professors at N. Korea’s top economics school dodge questions about socialist...

Professors at Chong Jun Taek University of Economics have aroused controversy by avoiding students’ questions or forbidding students from asking questions at all, Daily...

N. Korea suspends classes for elementary school students in some regions

North Korea recently suspended classes for elementary school students in certain regions of the country to mobilize them for rice planting, leading to complaints...

N. Korea orders higher ed institutions to submit proposals to expand...

North Korea's government recently issued an order to major higher education institutions to submit proposals aimed at promoting cooperation with foreign universities, Daily NK...

N. Korea spreads propaganda about high school students’ act of loyalty

North Korean authorities have been encouraging students to model their behavior on a widely reported act of loyalty by high school students in North...

N. Korea’s Prodigy Education Law leads to reorganization of educational curriculum

North Korea has reorganized its educational curriculum after enacting the so-called “Prodigy Education Law,” which is part of a strategy to accelerate national development...

N. Hamgyong Province moves to improve education accessibility for disabled children

North Hamgyong Province's education department recently drew up plans to improve access to education for children who are unable to attend school due to...

N. Korea issues order to embassies in Russia and Eastern Europe...

North Korea recently issued an order to some of its overseas embassies instructing them to repatriate students who have finished their studies, Daily NK...

Kim Il Sung University professor at the center of an admissions...

After bribing a Kim Il Sung University professor with a grand piano to get their child into the school, the child's parents had a...

N. Korea reforms education systems at two schools for “revolutionary children”

North Korea is reforming the educational systems at Red Flag Mangyongdae Revolutionary School and Kang Pan Sok Revolutionary School, as well as introducing teacher...

Chongjin kindergarten teachers cobble together lunches from students’ lunchboxes

Kindergarten teachers who are struggling to make a living in Chongjin have been cobbling together lunches with food taken from their students’ lunch boxes, Daily...

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