Tag: families

Parents of school children in North Korea have begun openly complaining about the endless expenses since the beginning of the new semester, questioning whether...

North Korean sightseeing boats were spotted from Dandong, China, cruising the waters of the Yalu River near Sinuiju recently. According to a Daily NK source...

As a new semester begins at North Korean schools, parents appear to be judging homeroom teachers not for their teaching skills but for their...

Local newspaper reporters in North Korea are struggling financially despite receiving government-granted vacation rights to use hot springs. Some journalists are even borrowing money...

The number of "food-poor families" has recently grown as North Korea's spring hunger season intensifies, worsening the already severe seasonal food shortages. "The number of...

As North Korean schools prepare for the new academic year starting April 1, parents are frustrated by school decoration fees their children are expected...

Surveillance of North Korean defectors' relatives by security agencies is intensifying. One defector's family attempted to travel to the border region for a relative's...

North Korean schools have begun distributing textbooks before the new semester, but with new books in short supply, they're requiring older students to return...

Daily NK has obtained a 2022 kindergarten textbook published by North Korea's Education Newspaper that reveals how the regime shapes young minds through political...

North Korean workers mobilized for the construction of large greenhouses are complaining about not being allowed to visit home for family matters, such as...