{"id":45517,"date":"2020-07-03T09:06:59","date_gmt":"2020-07-03T00:06:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/?p=45517"},"modified":"2026-04-05T15:49:57","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T06:49:57","slug":"classroom-doors-north-korean-schools-sealed-shut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/classroom-doors-north-korean-schools-sealed-shut\/","title":{"rendered":"Classroom doors at N. Korean schools &#8220;sealed shut&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">North Korea\u2019s education authorities have taken the unprecedented step of locking the doors to school classrooms and affixing them with \u201cpaper seals\u201d amid efforts to prevent the spread of COVID-19, Daily NK has learned.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Daily NK <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/north-korean-schools-vacation-again-july-1\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">reported last week<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that North Korea\u2019s education ministry had ordered on June 22 that all schools must go on \u201cvacation\u201d from July 1, citing the spread of COVID-19 in neighboring China.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIn addition to the vacation order, all universities, elementary, middle and high schools were instructed to disinfect all classrooms from June 29 to June 30 in cooperation with provincial, city and county disease prevention authorities,\u201d a Daily NK source in the country said on Wednesday. \u201cThe paper seals were ordered to be placed on classroom doors on Monday.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>SEALING THEM OFF<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Specifically, the authorities ordered that four palm-sized \u201cpaper seals\u201d be placed in a vertical line on doors at both the front and back entrances of classrooms. The seals are stamped with the insignia of local disease prevention authorities and signify that the classrooms have been sterilized.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to the source, the seals must be placed between the door and door frame. Opening a door would break the seal, making it easier to determine if someone has entered the classroom.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The authorities also demanded that staff and even students take part in disinfecting surfaces and other areas of the schools before July 1.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cDisinfectant in spray, liquid and powder form was sent from the central disease control committee and arrived [at the schools] on June 26. Students and staff disinfected the schools over three days,\u201d the source told Daily NK. \u201cThey began at 7:30 AM, then came back after lunch to continue working from 1 PM to 10 PM.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>SEND THEM HOME<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The authorities also ordered that students originally from areas outside of Pyongyang who were studying in the capital city must return home during the vacation period.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThey were ordered to leave the city between June 30 and the evening of July 2,\u201d the source said. \u201cUniversity administrative offices have been working alongside the Ministry of Railways to organize train tickets for them.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The source added that \u201clarge trains were standing ready to take the students home.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the past, North Korea had arranged regular passenger trains to send such students home for vacations or holidays; on this occasion, however, the authorities directed that students must be transported on special trains that would head directly to various regions throughout the country. Students were also reportedly told to ride specific train cars depending on what university they are attending.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe goal is to transport the students out of Pyongyang quickly,\u201d the source said, noting, \u201cThe students took East Sea lines 1 and 2, the Central Inland Line or the West Coast Line and departed from different stations and and at different times, depending on where they were headed.&#8221;\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i>Please direct any comments or questions about this article to dailynkenglish@uni-media.net.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/%E5%8C%97-%EB%B0%A9%ED%95%99-%EC%95%9E%EB%91%90%EA%B3%A0-%EB%8C%80%EC%86%8C%EB%8F%85%EA%B5%90%EC%8B%A4-%EC%B6%9C%EC%9E%85-%EB%AA%BB%ED%95%98%EA%B2%8C-%EB%B4%89%EC%9D%B8-%EB%94%B1%EC%A7%80\/\"><em>Read in Korean<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>North Korea\u2019s education authorities have taken the unprecedented step of locking the doors to school classrooms and affixing them with \u201cpaper seals\u201d amid efforts to prevent the spread of COVID-19, Daily NK has learned.\u00a0 Daily NK reported last week that North Korea\u2019s education ministry had ordered on June 22 that all schools must go on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":171,"featured_media":45518,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wikipediapreview_detectlinks":true,"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[703,729,763],"class_list":["post-45517","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-education","tag-students","tag-covid-19"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.7 (Yoast SEO v28.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Classroom doors at N. 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