North Korean teachers ordered to cram English for language contest

Education authorities in North Korea’s North Hamgyong province have ordered teachers to compete in a “multilingual contest” in 2026. Teachers in Chongjin say it is really an English contest that has them cramming vocabulary and conversation scripts, and complain the state keeps adding to their crushing workload while doing nothing to improve their pay and […]

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