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Marriage In North Korea

What kind of man would north korea ladies like to get married with ?  During the trip in DPRK the guide told us that Korean ladyies preffer to get marries with a man who is 1) graduated from university  2) A a soldier,  3) A member of Workers'Party of DPRK  This is an ideal man to get married with for ladies in North Korea.  For the new couples North Korean lady have to ready all the furniture for the new family. The man has to ready gold ring, gold necklace for the bride. And the groom has to apply the house from the company or factory that he works for. then the company and the factory will provide house or apartment for the new couple.The house or appartment are free in North Korea. Normally the company will provide the house or apartment near the working place. After getting married in the family life North Korean ladies has to do the whole house work for the family.  In North Korean wedding party people do not eat candies like in China but they eat col...

Education in North Korea

Education is free in North Korea included in school uniform as well as students’ stationaries. The whole country provide 11 years free education since 1975. One year of pre-school, four years of primary school, and six years of secondary school (junior high + senior high school). In 2014, the Education Ministry of the DPRK cabinet proposed new reforms to extend primary school to five years, increasing the number of years of compulsory education to 12 years. (primary school uniform is totally free. 80% of Middle school uniform fee is paid by the country.)The students also could choose art classes according to their own interests which is free too. When a North Korean child reaches the age of three or four, During the daytime, the children will be placed in a nursery in the community where their parents work or live. The children will grow up in the nursery until they are six years old, and then they will be sent to the corresponding kindergarten. Just as in China, kindergartens are divi...

DPRK Public Holidays

  DPRK Public Holidays The biggest and important Festival in DPRK is 15th of April which is Kim Il Sung’ birthday. It is called Day of the Sun. For some important years there will be military parade and during the festival students or citizen will have big dancing party on Kim Il Sung Square or Street dress up with traditional clothes. Most of female will wear Korean beautiful traditional dress . It is called Chima and Joggori . If you join in the tour to North Korea during this time you could join in any group to dance with local people together. New Years Day  : 1st – January 
 Birth Day of Kim Jong Il  : 16th – February Day of the Sun (Birth day of Kim Il Sung ) : 15th – April Foundation Day of The Korean People’s Army  :25th – April May Day Festival : 1st – May Victorious Day : 27th – July National Liberation Day  : 15th – August Foundation of the DPRK  : 9th – September Foundation of the Worker’s Party of Korea : 10th -October Day of the DPRK Socialis...

Famous North Korean Cold Noodles

Famouse Korean Cold Noodles made of buckwheat which is helthy to the human body. You eat with mustard sauce. Noodles soak in beaf soup with some slice of beaf and some chicken and some slice of pear. It is very famous food in North Korea and South Korea. The famous place to eat cold noodles in Pyongyang is Okryu Pavilion in Pyongyang. https://www.explorenorthkorea.com/

A Canadian tourists teach English to the students in Pyongyang during th...

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