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It’s hard to believe a full year has passed, but next week is indeed North Korea Freedom Week. This year’s theme is OPEN! North Korea — Open Hearts, Open Minds, and Open Borders. The Isabella Foundation is taking on the important theme of Open Borders. We will host a session on the current state of vulnerable populations, especially children, in North Korea and how humanitarian … Read more
The North Korea Freedom Coalition has featured North Korean women speakers at the UN CSW for the past six years. This year, we will bring three speakers from around the world to discuss their experiences in and escape from North Korea. In addition, each speaker will discuss their experiences resettling in their respective countries, South … Read more
Due to the impracticality of holding an event in-person in 2020 as we had hoped because of COVID-19, we decided instead to host our year end “open house” virtually. On November 12, Isabella Foundation’s friends and supporters joined us online to hear our staff discuss latest updates and plans heading into the new year.
This Article Originally Appeared on the Daily Mail Published: 09:49 BST, 16 September 2020 | Updated: 14:14 BST, 16 September 2020 North Korea has tripled the amount of propaganda taught to pre-school children, forcing pupils to spend half their school day learning about Kim Jong Un under new orders handed down by his sister. The new curriculum specifies that ‘Greatness Education’, … Read more
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s sister, Kim Yo Jong, recently ordered changes to the “Greatness Education” curriculum at the country’s preschools and the new curriculum was handed down to preschools nationwide on Aug. 25, Daily NK has learned. “Greatness Education” is aimed at cultivating loyalty and trust toward North Korea’s leadership among the country’s … Read more
Sept. 10 (UPI) — The child mortality rate in North Korea has been declining for decades but remains high compared to South Korea, according to data from United Nations agencies. The latest Level and Trends in Child report from UNICEF and the U.N. Inter-Agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation indicates the death rate of children under 5 is … Read more
Amid the push to finish the Pyongyang General Hospital by Oct. 10, North Korea has been sending senior citizens and students into a mine in Chagang Province to obtain resources for the hospital’s construction, Daily NK has learned. “In early July, the Cabinet and Central Committee ordered Sijung Mine in Chagang Province to produce 10 … Read more
North Korea has delayed the start of the school year again due to concern over the potential spread of COVID-19 and widespread damage to schools from recent typhoons and monsoon rains, Daily NK has learned. “On Tuesday afternoon, the Cabinet’s Ministry of Education [referring to the two ministries that handle primary, secondary and university education] … Read more
SEOUL, Sept. 10 (Yonhap) — North Korea’s child mortality rate in 2019 was nearly six times higher than that of South Korea, a recent United Nations report showed. According to the report from the U.N. Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (IGME), North Korea’s child mortality was estimated at 17 per 1,000 births in 2019, … Read more
The blueberry picking season in Yanggang Province’s Taehongdan, Baekam and Samjiyon counties began on Saturday, with local authorities in Baekam County mobilizing students for the harvest, according to a Daily NK source in the province on Tuesday. “As rumors spread that there are fewer blueberries compared to last year, there is talk that they will … Read more