{"id":46894,"date":"2020-11-04T15:26:21","date_gmt":"2020-11-04T06:26:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/?p=46894"},"modified":"2026-04-05T15:49:57","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T06:49:57","slug":"north-korea-decides-keep-schools-closed-rest-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/north-korea-decides-keep-schools-closed-rest-year\/","title":{"rendered":"N. Korea decides to keep schools closed for the rest of the year"},"content":{"rendered":"

North Korea has decided it will not open schools this autumn semester and recently notified schools to that effect. Due to quarantine efforts against COVID-19, this semester will proceed with home visits by teachers and video lectures rather than students attending classes in schools.<\/span><\/p>\n

A source in Pyongyang told Daily NK on Tuesday that the education ministry informed schools on Oct. 29 that in-class instruction would not begin this year, adding that with the ministry suggesting that students simply learn at home until the Eighth Party Congress, \u201cthere\u2019s talk that students will have to wait until February or March before they can go to school.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

After delaying the opening of schools several times earlier this year, North Korean authorities had recently announced<\/a> a plan to open schools on Nov. 1. The ministry\u2019s latest order, however, seems to have again scuttled these plans.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Instead, North Korean students are getting through the autumn semester by taking classes at home. Quoting a source in North Pyongan Province, Daily NK reported late last month<\/a> that the North Korean authorities recently presented teachers with a plan for them to visit the homes of students to teach and, accordingly, teachers are conducting one-on-one classes at students\u2019 homes.<\/span><\/p>\n

Technically speaking, North Korea has already restarted the school year because classes are ongoing. It is unprecedented, however, that the new semester is proceeding without an opening ceremony or students actually going to schools.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"pyungyang
Students attending class in North Korea\u2019s Pyongyang Elementary School. \/ Image: Ryukyung Website<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Prior to this, no-contact online classes took place in Pyongyang, which has a telecommunications network. Efforts to continue schooling online seems to have hit some speed bumps, however: students have recently begun receiving USB memory cards with videos of teacher lectures along with assignments.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cTeachers are recording their weekly lectures and sharing them on memory cards every week, and the education ministry is encouraging these kinds of video lectures,\u201d said the source, who spoke on condition of anonymity. \u201cIn Pyongyang, this is possible because almost all students have a computer or tablet at home.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

With students continuing to stay away from schools due to quarantine efforts, teachers are reportedly handling all the \u201csocial mobilizations\u201d and \u201ctasks\u201d issued to the schools. Accordingly, the source said teachers are openly asking students for money, telling them, for example that \u201cIt\u2019s tough because I\u2019m doing the things you are supposed to be doing.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Having learned of this situation, however, the education ministry ordered that all social mobilizations be done without additional cost to the students, stressing the responsibility and role of teachers as \u201crevolutionary educators.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

UNIVERSITY STUDENTS ORDERED TO ISOLATE THEMSELVES<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the Workers\u2019 Party leadership\u00a0 recently ordered that students at universities in Pyongyang who were mobilized for Party Foundation Day stay \u201cisolated\u201d on campus until the Eighth Party Congress in January.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The order, which was reputedly from Kim Jong Un himself, was handed down last week and reportedly called on the education ministry and the Central Anti-epidemic Committee to jointly ensure that students who participated in the Oct. 10 events stay isolated in their dorms and for their health to be regularly checked.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"
Students at the Mangyongdae Revolutionary School in Pyongyang. \/ Image: KCNA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In fact, students at the universities who took part in the military parade and mass parades are under isolation at the university dormitories, according to the source. He said that the students are to \u201cunconditionally\u201d remain in their dorms until the Eighth Party Congress regardless of whether they are from Pyongyang or the provinces, and regardless of whether they show symptoms such as fevers or respiratory troubles.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe order was made to force university students who took part in the events to stay [in their dorms] and be monitored until the Eighth Party Congress after it was reported to the Workers\u2019 Party that six students at Kim Il Sung University, three students at Handoksu University of Light Industry and two students at Pyongyang University of Architecture who participated in the events recently died,\u201d said the source. \u201cThis has spurred [the authorities] into action to ensure that no other incidents occur before the party congress.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

According to the source, \u201cthe atmosphere is bleak” given that some even say that the dead students are “just the ones we know of, and that there could be even more students who died.”<\/span><\/p>\n

The source told Daily NK that \u201cthe parents of the students in isolation [at their dorms] are coming to the university deans in tears asking about what they need to do, while parents living outside of Pyongyang are strongly protesting the fact that their kids can\u2019t come home.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Please direct any comments or questions about this article to dailynkenglish@uni-media.net.<\/em><\/p>\n

Read in Korean<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

North Korea has decided it will not open schools this autumn semester and recently notified schools to that effect. Due to quarantine efforts against COVID-19, this semester will proceed with home visits by teachers and video lectures rather than students attending classes in schools. A source in Pyongyang told Daily NK on Tuesday that the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":171,"featured_media":40870,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wikipediapreview_detectlinks":true,"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[274,703,729],"class_list":["post-46894","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-pyongyang","tag-education","tag-students"],"yoast_head":"\nN. Korea decides to keep schools closed for the rest of the year - North Korea News \u2014 Daily NK | Latest DPRK Updates 2026<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"North Korea has decided it will not open schools this autumn semester and recently notified schools to that effect, Daily NK has learned.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/north-korea-decides-keep-schools-closed-rest-year\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"N. Korea decides to keep schools closed for the rest of the year\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"North Korea has decided it will not open schools this autumn semester and recently notified schools to that effect, Daily NK has learned.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/north-korea-decides-keep-schools-closed-rest-year\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"North Korea News \u2014 Daily NK | Latest DPRK Updates 2026\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-11-04T06:26:21+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-04-05T06:49:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/\u1107\u1173\u11a8\u1112\u1161\u11ab-\u1112\u1161\u11a8\u1100\u116d_\u110c\u1169\u1109\u1165\u11ab\u110b\u1174\u110b\u1169\u1102\u1173\u11af.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"654\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Ha Yuna\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Ha Yuna\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dailynk.com\\\/english\\\/north-korea-decides-keep-schools-closed-rest-year\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dailynk.com\\\/english\\\/north-korea-decides-keep-schools-closed-rest-year\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Ha Yuna\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dailynk.com\\\/english\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/116bf99c9521ec70efc4b38d538f42ff\"},\"headline\":\"N. Korea decides to keep schools closed for the rest of the year\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-11-04T06:26:21+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-04-05T06:49:57+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dailynk.com\\\/english\\\/north-korea-decides-keep-schools-closed-rest-year\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":809,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dailynk.com\\\/english\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dailynk.com\\\/english\\\/north-korea-decides-keep-schools-closed-rest-year\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dailynk.com\\\/english\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2019\\\/05\\\/\u1107\u1173\u11a8\u1112\u1161\u11ab-\u1112\u1161\u11a8\u1100\u116d_\u110c\u1169\u1109\u1165\u11ab\u110b\u1174\u110b\u1169\u1102\u1173\u11af.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"pyongyang\",\"education\",\"students\"],\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dailynk.com\\\/english\\\/north-korea-decides-keep-schools-closed-rest-year\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dailynk.com\\\/english\\\/north-korea-decides-keep-schools-closed-rest-year\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dailynk.com\\\/english\\\/north-korea-decides-keep-schools-closed-rest-year\\\/\",\"name\":\"N. Korea decides to keep schools closed for the rest of the year - North Korea News \u2014 Daily NK | Latest DPRK Updates 2026\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dailynk.com\\\/english\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dailynk.com\\\/english\\\/north-korea-decides-keep-schools-closed-rest-year\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dailynk.com\\\/english\\\/north-korea-decides-keep-schools-closed-rest-year\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dailynk.com\\\/english\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2019\\\/05\\\/\u1107\u1173\u11a8\u1112\u1161\u11ab-\u1112\u1161\u11a8\u1100\u116d_\u110c\u1169\u1109\u1165\u11ab\u110b\u1174\u110b\u1169\u1102\u1173\u11af.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-11-04T06:26:21+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-04-05T06:49:57+00:00\",\"description\":\"North Korea has decided it will not open schools this autumn semester and recently notified schools to that effect, Daily NK has learned.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dailynk.com\\\/english\\\/north-korea-decides-keep-schools-closed-rest-year\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dailynk.com\\\/english\\\/north-korea-decides-keep-schools-closed-rest-year\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dailynk.com\\\/english\\\/north-korea-decides-keep-schools-closed-rest-year\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dailynk.com\\\/english\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2019\\\/05\\\/\u1107\u1173\u11a8\u1112\u1161\u11ab-\u1112\u1161\u11a8\u1100\u116d_\u110c\u1169\u1109\u1165\u11ab\u110b\u1174\u110b\u1169\u1102\u1173\u11af.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dailynk.com\\\/english\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2019\\\/05\\\/\u1107\u1173\u11a8\u1112\u1161\u11ab-\u1112\u1161\u11a8\u1100\u116d_\u110c\u1169\u1109\u1165\u11ab\u110b\u1174\u110b\u1169\u1102\u1173\u11af.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":654,\"caption\":\"An elementary school classroom in North Korea. (DPRK Today)\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dailynk.com\\\/english\\\/north-korea-decides-keep-schools-closed-rest-year\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dailynk.com\\\/english\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"N. Korea decides to keep schools closed for the rest of the year\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dailynk.com\\\/english\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dailynk.com\\\/english\\\/\",\"name\":\"North Korea News \u2014 Daily NK | Latest DPRK Updates 2026\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dailynk.com\\\/english\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dailynk.com\\\/english\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dailynk.com\\\/english\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Daily NK English\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dailynk.com\\\/english\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dailynk.com\\\/english\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dailynk.com\\\/english\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2026\\\/04\\\/top_logo@1x.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dailynk.com\\\/english\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2026\\\/04\\\/top_logo@1x.png\",\"width\":272,\"height\":90,\"caption\":\"Daily NK English\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dailynk.com\\\/english\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"description\":\"An independent online news organization based in Seoul, South Korea, reporting on internal North Korean affairs through a network of in-country sources and defector journalists. Part of the Unification Media Group (UMG) consortium.\",\"email\":\"dailynkenglish@uni-media.net\",\"telephone\":\"82-2-732-6998\",\"legalName\":\"DailyNK\",\"foundingDate\":\"2004-12-01\",\"numberOfEmployees\":{\"@type\":\"QuantitativeValue\",\"minValue\":\"1\",\"maxValue\":\"10\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dailynk.com\\\/english\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/116bf99c9521ec70efc4b38d538f42ff\",\"name\":\"Ha Yuna\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dailynk.com\\\/english\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2026\\\/02\\\/9f4cf0f24b376077a2fcdab2e85c3584-150x150.webp\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dailynk.com\\\/english\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2026\\\/02\\\/9f4cf0f24b376077a2fcdab2e85c3584-150x150.webp\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dailynk.com\\\/english\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2026\\\/02\\\/9f4cf0f24b376077a2fcdab2e85c3584-150x150.webp\",\"caption\":\"Ha Yuna\"},\"description\":\"Ha Yuna is Daily NK's editor-in-chief. Please direct any questions about her articles to dailynkenglish@uni-media.net.\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dailynk.com\\\/english\\\/author\\\/ha-yoon-ah\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"N. Korea decides to keep schools closed for the rest of the year - North Korea News \u2014 Daily NK | Latest DPRK Updates 2026","description":"North Korea has decided it will not open schools this autumn semester and recently notified schools to that effect, Daily NK has learned.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/north-korea-decides-keep-schools-closed-rest-year\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"N. Korea decides to keep schools closed for the rest of the year","og_description":"North Korea has decided it will not open schools this autumn semester and recently notified schools to that effect, Daily NK has learned.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/north-korea-decides-keep-schools-closed-rest-year\/","og_site_name":"North Korea News \u2014 Daily NK | Latest DPRK Updates 2026","article_published_time":"2020-11-04T06:26:21+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-04-05T06:49:57+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":654,"url":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/\u1107\u1173\u11a8\u1112\u1161\u11ab-\u1112\u1161\u11a8\u1100\u116d_\u110c\u1169\u1109\u1165\u11ab\u110b\u1174\u110b\u1169\u1102\u1173\u11af.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Ha Yuna","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Ha Yuna","Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/north-korea-decides-keep-schools-closed-rest-year\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/north-korea-decides-keep-schools-closed-rest-year\/"},"author":{"name":"Ha Yuna","@id":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/#\/schema\/person\/116bf99c9521ec70efc4b38d538f42ff"},"headline":"N. Korea decides to keep schools closed for the rest of the year","datePublished":"2020-11-04T06:26:21+00:00","dateModified":"2026-04-05T06:49:57+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/north-korea-decides-keep-schools-closed-rest-year\/"},"wordCount":809,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/north-korea-decides-keep-schools-closed-rest-year\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/\u1107\u1173\u11a8\u1112\u1161\u11ab-\u1112\u1161\u11a8\u1100\u116d_\u110c\u1169\u1109\u1165\u11ab\u110b\u1174\u110b\u1169\u1102\u1173\u11af.jpg","keywords":["pyongyang","education","students"],"articleSection":["News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/north-korea-decides-keep-schools-closed-rest-year\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/north-korea-decides-keep-schools-closed-rest-year\/","url":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/north-korea-decides-keep-schools-closed-rest-year\/","name":"N. Korea decides to keep schools closed for the rest of the year - North Korea News \u2014 Daily NK | Latest DPRK Updates 2026","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/north-korea-decides-keep-schools-closed-rest-year\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/north-korea-decides-keep-schools-closed-rest-year\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/\u1107\u1173\u11a8\u1112\u1161\u11ab-\u1112\u1161\u11a8\u1100\u116d_\u110c\u1169\u1109\u1165\u11ab\u110b\u1174\u110b\u1169\u1102\u1173\u11af.jpg","datePublished":"2020-11-04T06:26:21+00:00","dateModified":"2026-04-05T06:49:57+00:00","description":"North Korea has decided it will not open schools this autumn semester and recently notified schools to that effect, Daily NK has learned.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/north-korea-decides-keep-schools-closed-rest-year\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/north-korea-decides-keep-schools-closed-rest-year\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/north-korea-decides-keep-schools-closed-rest-year\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/\u1107\u1173\u11a8\u1112\u1161\u11ab-\u1112\u1161\u11a8\u1100\u116d_\u110c\u1169\u1109\u1165\u11ab\u110b\u1174\u110b\u1169\u1102\u1173\u11af.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/\u1107\u1173\u11a8\u1112\u1161\u11ab-\u1112\u1161\u11a8\u1100\u116d_\u110c\u1169\u1109\u1165\u11ab\u110b\u1174\u110b\u1169\u1102\u1173\u11af.jpg","width":1200,"height":654,"caption":"An elementary school classroom in North Korea. (DPRK Today)"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/north-korea-decides-keep-schools-closed-rest-year\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"N. Korea decides to keep schools closed for the rest of the year"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/","name":"North Korea News \u2014 Daily NK | Latest DPRK Updates 2026","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/#organization","name":"Daily NK English","url":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/top_logo@1x.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/top_logo@1x.png","width":272,"height":90,"caption":"Daily NK English"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"description":"An independent online news organization based in Seoul, South Korea, reporting on internal North Korean affairs through a network of in-country sources and defector journalists. Part of the Unification Media Group (UMG) consortium.","email":"dailynkenglish@uni-media.net","telephone":"82-2-732-6998","legalName":"DailyNK","foundingDate":"2004-12-01","numberOfEmployees":{"@type":"QuantitativeValue","minValue":"1","maxValue":"10"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/#\/schema\/person\/116bf99c9521ec70efc4b38d538f42ff","name":"Ha Yuna","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/9f4cf0f24b376077a2fcdab2e85c3584-150x150.webp","url":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/9f4cf0f24b376077a2fcdab2e85c3584-150x150.webp","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/9f4cf0f24b376077a2fcdab2e85c3584-150x150.webp","caption":"Ha Yuna"},"description":"Ha Yuna is Daily NK's editor-in-chief. Please direct any questions about her articles to dailynkenglish@uni-media.net.","url":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/author\/ha-yoon-ah\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46894","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/171"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46894"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46894\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46897,"href":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46894\/revisions\/46897"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40870"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}