Tag: gifts
Homeroom teachers compete over student bribes as class ceremonies become status...
North Korean high school students in their final year are increasingly putting on a variety of "graduation parties," leaving parents who must now prepare...
N. Korea launches luxury magpie-branded cigarette gift sets
North Korea has released a luxury cigarette gift set branded with the magpie, the country's national bird. After positioning 7.27 cigarettes—Kim Jong Un's personal...
N. Korean vendors cash in on Children’s Day celebrations
North Korea's Rodong Sinmun newspaper reported on June 2 that joyous celebrations were held nationwide to mark International Children's Day the day before.
Food vendors...
N. Korean students question Kim’s gifts, alarming parents and teachers
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's gift of musical instruments to schools in flood-damaged regions has become part of state propaganda highlighting the "supreme...
Shifting traditions: N. Korean military recruits receive practical gifts over patriotic...
Young North Koreans are bidding farewell to loved ones as they prepare to enlist in the military this spring. Relatives, friends and teachers are...
N. Korean students face pressure to give expensive graduation gifts to...
As graduation day approaches, North Korean students are busily preparing gifts for their homeroom teachers. While the custom of giving graduation presents has taken...
N. Korea distributes factory products as holiday gifts, including rare fish
North Korean authorities distributed fish and other products from newly opened factories in Kujang County, North Pyongan Province, to local residents as gifts celebrating...
Luxury blankets hit Pyongyang markets, test locals’ wallets
North Korea's regime has recently made luxury blankets available to Pyongyang residents, following an earlier distribution of seafood - moves apparently aimed at reinforcing...
North Korean parents vie to support mobilized students in disaster zone
North Korean students from Kim Il Sung University of Politics have been mobilized for flood-recovery work in North Pyongan province's Uiju county since early...
N. Korean trade officials smuggle sanctioned items in returning workers’ luggage
North Korean trade officials in China have recently been smuggling items they need to send to the North in the personal luggage of workers...
