In North Korea, five years of primary school and six years of secondary school are compulsory, the defector added. But she said some kids spent their days foraging for food instead. In terms of ...

In North Korea, five years of primary school and six years of secondary school are compulsory, the defector added. But she said some kids spent their days foraging for food instead. In terms of ...

The assessment came two days after North Korea confirmed for the first time that it had sent combat troops to help Russia recapture parts of the Kursk region.

Micah McCartney is a reporter for Newsweek based in Taipei, Taiwan. He covers U.S.-China relations, East Asian and Southeast Asian security issues, and cross-strait ties between China and Taiwan.

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A woman who fled North Korea has revealed what life is like inside the secretive country's hellish schools, explaining how children at school are forced to do hard labour, beaten and made to ...