Tag: schools
Sinuiju intensifies crackdowns on young people’s speech, clothing styles
Sinuiju authorities are once again intensifying crackdowns on young people who use the South Korean language or wear South Korean-style clothing, Daily NK has...
N. Korea launches probe into students obtaining diplomas without attending class
North Korea's education authorities have launched a probe into so-called "8.3 students." These students use their networks and money to bribe schools for diplomas...
Why one North Korean educator was deemed a “first-class reactionary”
At the Second National Meeting of Elementary Propaganda Workers in 2019, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un sent a letter to participants entitled "Let's...
Kaesong dialect targeted in N. Korea’s drive to eliminate non-standard speech
As the North Korean government seeks to tighten ideological control over the "next generation" of children and young people this year, it is taking...
N. Korean youth league orders students to improve morale at uniform...
The central headquarters of the North Korean Socialist Patriotic Youth League recently ordered students to help improve the morale of the factory workers who...
N. Korea intensifies ideological indoctrination for teachers
North Korean authorities have recently stepped up their ideological indoctrination of teachers after an inspection last year found serious levels of "anti-socialist" and "non-socialist"...
Repatriated North Korean students await decisions on their futures
Hundreds of North Korean students who were repatriated last year are being transferred to domestic universities or assigned to work. The future of the...
Three North Koreans share their hopes for schools in the New...
Kim Mo (a pseudonym), a teacher in his 40s at a lower secondary school (middle school) in Wonsan, Gangwon Province, recently shared his wish...
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...
