Moscow, Russia – Russian Minister of Natural Resources and Environment, Alexander Kozlov, who heads the Russian side of the joint intergovernmental commission between Russia and North Korea, announced that the Russian language has become a compulsory subject in North Korean schools.
Kozlov stated that the Russian language has been included in the curriculum in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. It is taught as a compulsory subject starting in the fourth grade of primary school.
This decision comes within the framework of strengthening cultural and educational relations between the two countries.
Mutual interest in language
In a related context, Minister Kozlov noted the similar interest in the Korean language in Russia. More than three thousand students are studying Korean there.
Kozlov explained that “the majority of students in Russia are studying Korean as a second or third foreign language.” This reflects the growing cultural exchange between the two countries.
