Overview
- Kozlov, who leads the Russian side of the intergovernmental commission, said Russian will be required in DPRK schools starting in grade four.
- He cited reciprocal study figures in Russia of more than 3,000 schoolchildren and about 300 university students learning Korean.
- Kozlov put the number of Russian-language learners in North Korea at roughly 600 and described Russian as among the country’s most popular foreign languages.
- The remarks were delivered at the commission session in Moscow and reported by RIA Novosti and Interfax.
- Kozlov also highlighted expanding education ties, including a Russian-language education center planned next year at Kim Chol Ju Pedagogical University in Pyongyang and training this year for 29 North Korean geologists at Russian institutions.