Tag: universities
Kaechon government official faces struggle session for bribery
An official of the Kaechon People's Committee was recently subjected to a public struggle session for using his position to solicit bribes in exchange...
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 university students complain about the state taking away their...
North Korean university students are complaining that instead of resting they have to spend the holidays in social-political activities in factories, enterprises, and farms,...
Pyongyang university holds struggle session after students caught bribing professors
A university in Pyongyang has held a struggle session after students were caught secretly giving their professors envelopes filled with cash for the New...
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...
N. Korea orders higher ed institutions to submit proposals to expand...
North Korea's government recently issued an order to major higher education institutions to submit proposals aimed at promoting cooperation with foreign universities, Daily NK...
Kim Il Sung University professor at the center of an admissions...
After bribing a Kim Il Sung University professor with a grand piano to get their child into the school, the child's parents had a...
Satellite campus of Kim Chaek University of Technology suffers blackouts
Students who recently sat for a Kangwon Distance Learning University entry exam had to retake the test after power outages shut down the remotely...
Yanggang Province cracks down on professors demanding money and gifts from...
Yanggang Province authorities have begun looking into the practice of professors giving their students so-called “non-tax burdens,” Daily NK has learned.
A source in Yanggang...
Excitement building at Kim Il Sung Military University during run-up to...
Kim Il Sung Military University, the reputed alma mater of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, is busy with preparations for events ahead of...
