Tag: students

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

Families with sons and daughters serving in the military have been ordered to write letters of encouragement, Daily NK has learned. "On March 23, the...

The education department of Hamhung's people's committee conducted an on-site inspection of uniform and school supply distribution for new students at the start of...

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

Thirty students accepted into the Hamhung College of Pharmacy, a prestigious state-run university in North Korea's South Hamgyong province, declined to enroll this year....

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

Campus couples at Pyongyang's universities have begun creating joint savings accounts, a trend that's slowly catching on. These "couple accounts" symbolizing commitment and genuine...

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 Korea has increased ideological lectures for young people in Chongjin, North Hamgyong province. These sessions, previously held once or twice monthly, are now...