April 19, 2024
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Thousands of North Korean students spend summer vacations on building site: KCNA

Universities from across the DPRK dispatch pupils to work on Samjiyon project, state media reports

Over 4800 students from more than 110 universities across North Korea are spending their summer vacations at work on the marquee construction project in Samjiyon, ruling party daily the Rodong Sinmun reported this week.

Students from some of North Korea's most prestigious universities "dedicated their summer holidays" to lend assistance on the building site, the report said.

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