British Council suspends English teacher training program in North Korea

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British Council suspends English teacher training program in North Korea

Move is response to UK government's updated DPRK travel advice: spokesperson

Damin Jung September 7, 2017

British Council suspends English teacher training program in North Korea

Pyongyang University of Science and Technology, by Uri Tours

This article was updated at 1900 KST on Thursday to include more comments from the British Council.

The British Council on Thursday confirmed to NK News that it has suspended its English-language teacher training program in North Korea.

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Damin Jung

Damin Jung was an NK News correspondent based in Seoul. She previously worked at the CSIS (Center for Strategic and International Studies) Korea Chair.

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