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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...

Teens of N. Korean security officers sentenced to labor for ‘foreign’...

Three teenage children of North Korean army security officers were sentenced to unpaid labor for "nonsocialist behavior" earlier this month. "Investigators from the General Political...

N. Korean leadership seminar orders new focus on Kim’s teachings

North Korea's premier party institution, the Pyongyang Central Cadres Training School, recently conducted a seminar focused on implementing Kim Jong Un's latest political theories...

Sinuiju streets empty as authorities draft people for forced labor

North Korean authorities are stopping pedestrians in border areas and forcing many to work on greenhouse construction projects. These daytime roundups are occurring in...

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...

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 youth shift to low-key end-of-year celebrations as cultural restrictions...

North Korean youth are holding more subdued end-of-year celebrations compared to previous years, according to a source in North Hwanghae province. The parties, scheduled between...

N. Korean youth face explusion over ‘unauthorized hairstyles’

North Korea's youth league chapter in Chongjin, North Hamgyong province, recently held a struggle session targeting young people with unauthorized hairstyles, Daily NK has...

N. Korean youth defy marriage norms, opt for prohibited cohabitation

An increasing number of young North Koreans are choosing to live together before marriage, despite this being prohibited behavior that carries legal consequences, Daily...

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...

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