{"id":2576,"date":"2016-07-08T16:15:08","date_gmt":"2016-07-08T07:15:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.01.asiapress.org\/rimjin-gang-2\/2016\/07\/report\/korean-photo-textbook\/"},"modified":"2021-06-25T17:57:38","modified_gmt":"2021-06-25T08:57:38","slug":"korean-photo-textbook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.02.asiapress.org\/rimjin-gang\/2016\/07\/news\/korean-photo-textbook\/","title":{"rendered":"\uff1cPhoto Report on N.Korea\uff1e Latest Textbooks for N.Korean Middle & High School Students; Idolization of Kim Jong-un in all subjects"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Secretly smuggled out North Korean textbooks<\/p><\/div>\n

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ASIA PRESS acquired 77 North Korean textbooks that are currently used in middle and high schools. The texts were secretly carried out of North Korea by an acquaintance of a North Korean defector in Seoul. ASIA PRESS digitized the contents of all but two natural science textbooks.<\/p>\n

There are 13 subjects for high school students; Korean Literature, Physics, Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics, History, English, Art, mechanics, Geography, Chinese Letters, Revolutionary History, and Socialistic Morality.<\/p>\n

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English textbook for 3rd grade high school student (ASIA PRESS)<\/p><\/div>\n

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The first page of every textbook has a quotation from Kim Il-sung, Kim Jong-il or Kim Jong-un in bold letters. The words of the leader emphasize the role of the text as a study guide. There are no exceptions, even for subjects such as physics, mathematics, mechanics or art.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Textbook of \u2018Revolutionary Activities of the Great Leader, Marshal Kim Jong-il\u2019 for 3rd grade middle school. The photo of \u2018Jong-il Peak\u2019 is used as the cover of the textbook. (ASIA PRESS)<\/p><\/div>\n

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Kim Jong-un appears in the latter parts of the revolutionary history textbook for 3rd<\/sup> grade high school students. The textbook describes the moment when Kim Jong-un officially appeared for the first time at the Representative Conference of the DPRK Worker\u2019s Party, on September 2010: \u201cThe Conference looked to Our Dear Marshal Kim Jong-un as a member of the Party\u2019s central guiding organization and the vice chairman of the Party central committee, with consistent support and approval of the participants, as reflected by our party, military, and the people\u2019s wholehearted approval.\u201d<\/p>\n

Idolization of Kim Jong-un can be seen in various social subjects.<\/p>\n

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The revolutionary history textbook was published June 2015. It costs 10 North Korean Won. (ASIA PRESS)<\/p><\/div>\n

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Education in North Korea is obligatory. It includes one year of kindergarten, five years of elementary school, three years of middle school, and another three years of high school, totaling 12 years. The textbooks used to be distributed to the students for free. However, following the economic hardships and consequent social changes of the 1990s, students share the textbooks at school or purchase illegally traded ones on the black market. (ISHIMARU JIRO)<\/span><\/p>\n

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Korean language textbook for 3rd grade elementary school students. The cover of the text shows a girl writing \u2018hope\u2019 in the sand. (ASIA PRESS)<\/p><\/div>\n

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The above photograph shows a Korean literature textbook for High School students, published in 1994, and printed on coarse paper. The book has a hand written table in which users print their name. The text looks as though it has seen a great deal of use.<\/p><\/div>\n

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