How children are brought up in the DPRK

BY ALHASSAN MUHAMMAD MANMAN

From olden times it has been said that a man who loves children is honest-minded and righteous, and the country that enforces the policy of loving children is the most beautiful one.

The realities in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea give a clear understanding of the true meaning of this saying.

Kim Jong Un, President of the State Affairs of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, loves children very much.

At the Nursery

The followings are children of kindergartens in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. The state brings up all the children at its expense, regarding this as one of its important policies.

Children Learn Paduk

Children at a kindergarten in Pyongyang, the capital city of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, learn the tricks and tactics of paduk, or go, which is very good for developing intellectual faculties of children.

Korea Rehabilitation Clinic for Children with Disabilities

Located in Pyongyang, the capital city of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, the clinic helps preschool-age children with disabilities to rehabilitate and gives them special education. Persons and organizations from foreign countries and international organizations are interested in the cooperation and exchange with the clinic.

Professor Muhammad Manman writes from the University of Abuja.