{"id":51430,"date":"2022-04-25T17:00:48","date_gmt":"2022-04-25T08:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/?p=51430"},"modified":"2026-04-05T15:49:49","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T06:49:49","slug":"several-elementary-school-teachers-hamhung-reported-authorities-for-excessive-bribes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/several-elementary-school-teachers-hamhung-reported-authorities-for-excessive-bribes\/","title":{"rendered":"Several elementary school teachers in Hamhung reported to authorities for &#8220;excessive bribes&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Several first-grade homeroom teachers at an elementary school in Hamhung, South Hamgyong Province, were recently reported to the provincial department of education after asking parents for an excessive amount of money for classroom expenses.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cHomeroom teachers at the Saemaul Elementary School in Hamhung took advantage of the new semester and the inflow of new students to have parents pay an enormous amount of money for what they called school and classroom expenses. Parents of new students who were outraged at such behavior reported it to the provincial education department,\u201d a source in South Hamgyong Province told Daily NK on Apr. 15.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The school handed down homeroom teacher and classroom assignments for first-grade students in mid-March. Teachers then organized a parent committee to help manage various aspects of the school followed by the appointment of a committee chairperson, the source said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During this process, the homeroom teachers demanded that the parents pay KPW 60,000 per student for the maintenance of classrooms, research labs, and fences around the school.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe homeroom teachers were bold enough to ask for such a large amount of money because the school is located in the center of a city with many wealthy residents involved in commercial activities. These teachers are used to receiving substantial financial support from parents who are eager to flatter teachers as they compete with one another for their children\u2019s prestige,\u201d the source said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Parents were particularly outraged at the teachers for pre-selecting several students to serve as a discussant during a discussion session to be held during the school\u2019s entrance ceremony. The pre-selection of students provoked a competitive bidding war among parents that forced them to pay more to the teachers for their own child to receive the honor. Ultimately, the teachers selected the child of the highest bidding household as the discussant.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Angry parents then reported the teachers\u2019 behavior to the provincial education department. The teachers in question were not dismissed; instead, they have been reassigned to teach general classes without being attached to a homeroom, the source said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Furthermore, classes are expected to be reorganized as outraged parents are protesting against the school\u2019s decision to separate classes based on the financial status of the students.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cParents and local residents are concerned that innocent young children are being emotionally hurt by their households\u2019 financial situation. They are vehemently criticizing the money-grubbing school and the dishonorable actions of the teachers, complaining that they \u2018don\u2019t know where this society is headed,\u2019\u201d the source said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Above all, people are voicing anger at the fact that groundless demands for money are coming not just from schools but from everywhere during the COVID-19 pandemic, which has led to the closure of the country\u2019s borders along with the reduction in commercial activity due to falling supplies of goods. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Translated by Youngheon Kim. Edited by Robert Lauler.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Please direct any comments or questions about this article to dailynkenglish@uni-media.net.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/20220415-5\/\">Read in Korean<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Several first-grade homeroom teachers at an elementary school in Hamhung, South Hamgyong Province, were recently reported to the provincial department of education after asking parents for an excessive amount of money for classroom expenses.\u00a0 \u201cHomeroom teachers at the Saemaul Elementary School in Hamhung took advantage of the new semester and the inflow of new students [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":129,"featured_media":51258,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67,1360],"tags":[703,729,747],"class_list":["post-51430","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-society","tag-education","tag-students","tag-hamhung"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.7 (Yoast SEO v28.6) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Several elementary school teachers in Hamhung reported to authorities for &quot;excessive bribes&quot; - North Korea News \u2014 Daily NK | Latest DPRK Updates 2026<\/title>\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\/several-elementary-school-teachers-hamhung-reported-authorities-for-excessive-bribes\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Several elementary school teachers in Hamhung reported to authorities for &quot;excessive bribes&quot;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Several first-grade homeroom teachers at an elementary school in Hamhung, South Hamgyong Province, were recently reported to the provincial department of education after asking parents for an excessive amount of money for classroom expenses.\u00a0 \u201cHomeroom teachers at the Saemaul Elementary School in Hamhung took advantage of the new semester and the inflow of new students [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/several-elementary-school-teachers-hamhung-reported-authorities-for-excessive-bribes\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"North Korea News \u2014 Daily NK | Latest DPRK Updates 2026\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-04-25T08:00:48+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-04-05T06:49:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/20220405-lce-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"741\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"494\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jeong Seo-yeong\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jeong Seo-yeong\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dailynk.com\\\/english\\\/several-elementary-school-teachers-hamhung-reported-authorities-for-excessive-bribes\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dailynk.com\\\/english\\\/several-elementary-school-teachers-hamhung-reported-authorities-for-excessive-bribes\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Jeong Seo-yeong\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dailynk.com\\\/english\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/9efe4479c399c25bb2d44c871b14e851\"},\"headline\":\"Several elementary school teachers in Hamhung reported to authorities for &#8220;excessive bribes&#8221;\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-04-25T08:00:48+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-04-05T06:49:49+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dailynk.com\\\/english\\\/several-elementary-school-teachers-hamhung-reported-authorities-for-excessive-bribes\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":500,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dailynk.com\\\/english\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dailynk.com\\\/english\\\/several-elementary-school-teachers-hamhung-reported-authorities-for-excessive-bribes\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dailynk.com\\\/english\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2022\\\/04\\\/20220405-lce-1.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"education\",\"students\",\"hamhung\"],\"articleSection\":[\"News\",\"Society\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dailynk.com\\\/english\\\/several-elementary-school-teachers-hamhung-reported-authorities-for-excessive-bribes\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dailynk.com\\\/english\\\/several-elementary-school-teachers-hamhung-reported-authorities-for-excessive-bribes\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dailynk.com\\\/english\\\/several-elementary-school-teachers-hamhung-reported-authorities-for-excessive-bribes\\\/\",\"name\":\"Several elementary school teachers in Hamhung reported to authorities for \\\"excessive bribes\\\" - 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\\\/several-elementary-school-teachers-hamhung-reported-authorities-for-excessive-bribes\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dailynk.com\\\/english\\\/several-elementary-school-teachers-hamhung-reported-authorities-for-excessive-bribes\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dailynk.com\\\/english\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2022\\\/04\\\/20220405-lce-1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-04-25T08:00:48+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-04-05T06:49:49+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dailynk.com\\\/english\\\/several-elementary-school-teachers-hamhung-reported-authorities-for-excessive-bribes\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dailynk.com\\\/english\\\/several-elementary-school-teachers-hamhung-reported-authorities-for-excessive-bribes\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dailynk.com\\\/english\\\/several-elementary-school-teachers-hamhung-reported-authorities-for-excessive-bribes\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dailynk.com\\\/english\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2022\\\/04\\\/20220405-lce-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dailynk.com\\\/english\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2022\\\/04\\\/20220405-lce-1.jpg\",\"width\":741,\"height\":494,\"caption\":\"The Rodong Sinmun published a photo on Apr. 2, 2022, of school children at their first day of school on Apr. 1. (Rodong Sinmun-News1)\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dailynk.com\\\/english\\\/several-elementary-school-teachers-hamhung-reported-authorities-for-excessive-bribes\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dailynk.com\\\/english\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Several elementary school teachers in Hamhung reported to authorities for &#8220;excessive bribes&#8221;\"}]},{\"@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\\\/9efe4479c399c25bb2d44c871b14e851\",\"name\":\"Jeong Seo-yeong\",\"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\":\"Jeong Seo-yeong\"},\"description\":\"Jeong Seo-yeong is one of Daily NK's freelance reporters. For security reasons, details about her identity cannot be shared publicly. Questions about her articles can be directed to dailynkenglish(at)uni-media.net.\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dailynk.com\\\/english\\\/author\\\/jong-so-yong\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Several elementary school teachers in Hamhung reported to authorities for \"excessive bribes\" - North Korea News \u2014 Daily NK | Latest DPRK Updates 2026","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\/several-elementary-school-teachers-hamhung-reported-authorities-for-excessive-bribes\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Several elementary school teachers in Hamhung reported to authorities for \"excessive bribes\"","og_description":"Several first-grade homeroom teachers at an elementary school in Hamhung, South Hamgyong Province, were recently reported to the provincial department of education after asking parents for an excessive amount of money for classroom expenses.\u00a0 \u201cHomeroom teachers at the Saemaul Elementary School in Hamhung took advantage of the new semester and the inflow of new students [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/several-elementary-school-teachers-hamhung-reported-authorities-for-excessive-bribes\/","og_site_name":"North Korea News \u2014 Daily NK | Latest DPRK Updates 2026","article_published_time":"2022-04-25T08:00:48+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-04-05T06:49:49+00:00","og_image":[{"width":741,"height":494,"url":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/20220405-lce-1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Jeong Seo-yeong","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Jeong Seo-yeong","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/several-elementary-school-teachers-hamhung-reported-authorities-for-excessive-bribes\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/several-elementary-school-teachers-hamhung-reported-authorities-for-excessive-bribes\/"},"author":{"name":"Jeong Seo-yeong","@id":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/#\/schema\/person\/9efe4479c399c25bb2d44c871b14e851"},"headline":"Several elementary school teachers in Hamhung reported to authorities for &#8220;excessive bribes&#8221;","datePublished":"2022-04-25T08:00:48+00:00","dateModified":"2026-04-05T06:49:49+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/several-elementary-school-teachers-hamhung-reported-authorities-for-excessive-bribes\/"},"wordCount":500,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/several-elementary-school-teachers-hamhung-reported-authorities-for-excessive-bribes\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/20220405-lce-1.jpg","keywords":["education","students","hamhung"],"articleSection":["News","Society"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/several-elementary-school-teachers-hamhung-reported-authorities-for-excessive-bribes\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/several-elementary-school-teachers-hamhung-reported-authorities-for-excessive-bribes\/","url":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/several-elementary-school-teachers-hamhung-reported-authorities-for-excessive-bribes\/","name":"Several elementary school teachers in Hamhung reported to authorities for \"excessive bribes\" - 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\/several-elementary-school-teachers-hamhung-reported-authorities-for-excessive-bribes\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/several-elementary-school-teachers-hamhung-reported-authorities-for-excessive-bribes\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/20220405-lce-1.jpg","datePublished":"2022-04-25T08:00:48+00:00","dateModified":"2026-04-05T06:49:49+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/several-elementary-school-teachers-hamhung-reported-authorities-for-excessive-bribes\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/several-elementary-school-teachers-hamhung-reported-authorities-for-excessive-bribes\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/several-elementary-school-teachers-hamhung-reported-authorities-for-excessive-bribes\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/20220405-lce-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/20220405-lce-1.jpg","width":741,"height":494,"caption":"The Rodong Sinmun published a photo on Apr. 2, 2022, of school children at their first day of school on Apr. 1. (Rodong Sinmun-News1)"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/several-elementary-school-teachers-hamhung-reported-authorities-for-excessive-bribes\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Several elementary school teachers in Hamhung reported to authorities for &#8220;excessive bribes&#8221;"}]},{"@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\/9efe4479c399c25bb2d44c871b14e851","name":"Jeong Seo-yeong","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":"Jeong Seo-yeong"},"description":"Jeong Seo-yeong is one of Daily NK's freelance reporters. For security reasons, details about her identity cannot be shared publicly. Questions about her articles can be directed to dailynkenglish(at)uni-media.net.","url":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/author\/jong-so-yong\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51430","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\/129"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51430"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51430\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51432,"href":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51430\/revisions\/51432"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51258"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51430"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51430"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}