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North Korean education officials visit Chinese school furniture factory

Visit appears to signal interest in modernizing classrooms with imports, even as DPRK pushes greater domestic production

A North Korean delegation visited a Chinese factory producing classroom desks and chairs, highlighting Pyongyang’s interest in modernizing schools through potential imports of Chinese supplies.

A short video posted on Chinese social media platform Douyin on March 3 showed North Korean Ministry of Education officials touring a factory owned by the Hebei Comnenir Furniture Sales Company in Langfang, Hebei Province.

The delegation, escorted by company staff, observed the manufacturing process of school furniture and visited an exhibition area, where desks and chairs were displayed in a classroom setting, according to the video posted by the company.