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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 DailyMail: North Korea triples the amount of propaganda taught to pre-schoolers  

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 Child mortality down in North Korea but remains high, U.N. data shows

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 Daily NK: North Korea delays the start of the school year, again by Ha Yoon Ah

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 Yonhap: N.K.’s child mortality rate nearly 6 times higher than S. Korea in 2019: U.N. report

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 DailyNK: Yanggang Province is in the midst of blueberry picking season by Kang Mi Jin

Highlights We study the risk of victimization between South Korean and multicultural family adolescents.• North Korean and other multicultural family adolescents face a high risk of violent victimization.• Adolescents who are depressed are more likely to be victimized.• Deviant lifestyles are associated with student victimization. Abstract The objective of this study was to apply Target … Read more Applying target congruence theory to victimization risk of students from multicultural backgrounds: A comparison of South Korean, North Korean, and other multicultural family adolescents