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Kim Jong-un, chairman of the State Affairs Commission of North Korea, visited construction sites for school supplies and teaching-aid factories in Pyongyang, stressing the need to expand education ...

North Korea schools hold ceremonies to welcome new students at the start of the school year. Rough Cut (no reporter narration). Advertisement Advertisement 2:07 Advertisement ...

WASHINGTON, July 21 (Reuters) - It has never been easy for the United States to secure the return of citizens from North Korea, one of the world's most isolated nations. The task may be even harder in ...

As North Korea slowly emerges from five years of self-imposed pandemic isolation, a glittering new high-rise neighborhood in the capital Pyongyang is taking center stage. Photos of the ...

TOKYO - The high concrete walls of Hwang In Suk’s school enclose a world different from the rest of Japan. Another language echoes through the halls. The classrooms, with their chalky blackboards and ...

The schools - one university, 10 high schools and 73 grade schools - survive primarily on tuition and donations from the community. They also receive funds from Pyongyang, but that income stream has ...