Tag: school
N. Korea tightens teacher training with new mandatory tests
North Korean authorities have intensified teacher training programs with stricter tests, following calls for "educational improvements" at last year's ruling party plenary meeting.
According to...
On N. Korea’s frozen rivers, competition thaws state control
South Korean families and couples flock to ski resorts and ice festivals in December, seeking winter fun and recreation. Meanwhile in North Korea, winter...
N. Korean parents protest after school abruptly removes college entrance test...
Parents in Hamhung, North Hamgyong province, were outraged when a local high school posted and then quickly removed student results from the "preliminary exam"...
World Cup success sparks soccer fever in N. Korean schools, but...
Elementary schools in North Korea are actively operating after-school soccer clubs, likely mirroring the public enthusiasm for the North Korean women's team's consecutive victories...
North Korean students face earlier college prep test
North Korea’s education ministry announced recently that a preparatory exam for college applicants will be held two weeks early.
“Education departments at provinces, cities and...
Revealed: N. Korea’s 2020 law to shield young people from ‘foreign...
Daily NK has acquired the full text of North Korea’s Juvenile Crime Prevention Law, which the North Korean regime enacted to prevent information from...
North Koreans in Hyesan risk danger for pine nut profits
Some residents of Hyesan have recently been heading to Kim Jong Suk county to gather pine nuts, Daily NK has learned.
"Since July 25, some...
Student beaten, faces expulsion over alleged affair with professor
A female first-year student at a college in Sinuiju was beaten by a professor's wife for having an inappropriate relationship with the professor and...
Two Sariwon teenagers publicly tried for distributing S. Korean songs, photos
Two teenage boys in Sariwon were recently sentenced in a public trial on charges of distributing South Korean songs and photos, Daily NK has...
North Korea intensifies crackdown on private education
The North Korean authorities have recently tightened restrictions on private education, with several offenders facing legal consequences, Daily NK has learned.
“A woman in her...
