Tag: youth
Children of top Pyongyang scientists detained for reading banned novels
Three teenage children of some of North Korea's most privileged scientists were arrested in Pyongyang in 2026 after being caught secretly reading banned South...
North Korean art students ordered to glorify troops sent to Russia
North Korea's leading art universities ordered graduating students in early June 2026 to create works glorifying the heroism and sacrifice of troops deployed to...
North Korea’s new mining and farm housing turns vacant within years
Some newly built homes in North Korea's coal mining and farming regions are being abandoned within two years of being occupied, with the empty...
North Korea opts for re-education over prison for South Korean content...
Four young North Koreans caught watching a South Korean romance drama were subjected to a public criticism session rather than criminal prosecution, a response...
North Korea’s farm labor exemptions for top students spark fairness row
A Ryanggang province party committee directive exempting top-scoring students from seasonal farm labor mobilization has ignited a fairness dispute among parents, with many arguing...
North Korea intensifies anti-American indoctrination for middle and high school students
North Korean authorities are significantly expanding anti-American ideological education targeting middle and high school students, ordering the content to be woven into virtually every...
North Korea threatens to send failing students to coal mines after...
North Korea's ruling Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) launched a sweeping inspection of senior middle schools in 2026 after a new elective subject system...
North Korean youth ditch tradition as “going Dutch” becomes the norm...
North Korean high school students in Hamhung have begun dining out with classmates multiple times a week, with splitting the bill evenly becoming the...
Over 20 young people sentenced at Sunchon public trial after Ninth...
North Korean authorities sentenced more than 20 young people to prison in early March at a public trial in Sunchon, a city in South...
North Korea’s poorest youth are choosing brutal labor brigades over life...
Young North Koreans facing poverty and an unrelenting burden of workplace levies are volunteering for the country's much-dreaded labor brigades in growing numbers, choosing...
