Tag: universities
China to send professors to North Korean university under new agreement
North Korea and China are actively pursuing the sending of Chinese professors to Pyongyang University of Science and Technology to expand educational cooperation.
A China-based...
Well-connected students use propaganda troupes to dodge N. Korean farm labor
With rice transplanting season underway at farms across North Korea, party committees at Pyongyang universities have been enrolling well-connected students in mobile artistic propaganda...
Pyongyang’s model: N. Korean province rushes to upgrade medical and educational...
South Pyongan province is implementing North Korean ruling party directives to enhance its medical and educational systems following Pyongyang's model, Daily NK has learned.
"In...
N. Korean students reject state university offers in favor of local...
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....
Banking on romance: Joint savings accounts gain popularity among Pyongyang’s university...
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...
Empty virtual classrooms: N. Korea’s struggling distance education network
North Korea is pushing to build a distance education network as part of a drive to provide all workers with technical training, but universities...
N. Korea ramps up cyber offensive: New research center to focus...
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has ordered the establishment of "Research Center 227" under the military's Reconnaissance General Bureau to research and develop...
N. Korean students’ vacation spent hauling manure as ‘patriotic duty’
North Korean university students are spending their month-long vacation hauling manure to farms. While authorities tout this as a "manifestation of patriotism," students have...
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...
Floods prompt ambitious rebuilding plan for Jagang province
North Korea has pledged extensive government support to rebuild Jagang province after the summer floods and make it a model of economic development. Joint...
