Tag: education
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...
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...
