North Korea shuts down universities for 10 months

Source: The Telegraph

Reports in South Korea indicated that the government in Pyongyang on Monday ordered all universities to cancel classes until April of next year. The only exemptions are for students who will be graduating in the next few months and foreign students.

Read more: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/northkorea/8602525/North-Korea-shuts-down-universities-for-10-months.html

---

Something tells me this is not because they wanted a longer spring break.

and schools.

See? We're making progress - they're becoming more like us! YAY!

It is far easier to disperse the students before they can organize.

In the words of NK news, "It's as clear as the noonday sun."

When they turn testing over to corporations, they'll see that indoctrination is far more cost effective and profit producing than disbanding.

No Dollar Left Behind!

I couldn't follow your line of thought with a divining rod and a bloodhound.

This is about North Korea emptying the Universities because they feared students organizing and protesting.

Schools are being closed to send students to work in construction because they don't have enough labor, says the OP.

In this country, we also do whatever we wish with schools regardless of what's good for students. How's that?

"One reason is that there is a possibility of demonstrations at university campuses," said Toshimitsu Shigemura, a professor at Tokyo's Waseda University and author of a number of books on the North Korean leadership.

"The leadership has seen the 'Jasmine Revolution' in Africa and it is very frightened that the same thing could happen in North Korea," he said. "They fear it could start in the universities."

Professor Shigemura also said that North Korea has purchased anti-riot equipment from China in recent months, including tear gas and batons, while there has been an increased police presence at key points in Pyongyang in recent months.


Slightly more than one word.

True dat.

Didn't see a word from anybody in Korea, South or North, student or instructor, or anybody at all say that.

What do you suppose student demonstrations would turn out like in N. Korea?

In fact, how'd that thing at Kent State work out and why is it now illegal to demonstrate on college campuses in the USA?

Where questioning authority is paramount, and where free thought reigns.

work farms.

well as time limits for completion lately? If you haven't, do.

And if you don't consider McJobs and WalJobs to be work farms, you need to take another look.

You need to take another look. Hyperbole isn't working that well for you.

assistance and neither can work farm folk. Check.

No opportunity to improve your situation in either setting. Check.

Any medical treatment you get will come from the government. Check.

Paid vacations? Nope to both.


Now what was that about hyperbole? Apparently, pinball is lots of fun and no pressure. You need to come down to the real world. I spent the first half of my life at the bottom, and only when I got a bit smarter and lots more ruthless did I do any better.

"folks in those jobs cannot feed themselves without government assistance and neither can work farm folk"

Guess you don't have a fucking clue about NK, because their govt can't feed their own country.

food aid, not any private organization.

I guess I've got a fucking clue - I've done some in my life - you? (Although fucking does seem a bit off-topic, doesn't it?)

it's never anything good.

That's where the trouble always starts.

they wouldn't have universities at all, too much risk.

:silly:

...and Fall and Winter and part of Spring...:crazy:

What country needs an educated population?

I think they may call up their reserves as part of their Psychological Warfare with South Korea.

who in their right mind would go to school in North Korea?

Can't speak to their sanity.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-11944093

just so he could write a book about it.

...I would say they needed the manpower for something but labor is the only thing they are not desperatly short on.

what is the world coming to?