Glimpse of Childcare in the DPRK
-Twelve for Three
The 512th triplets left the Pyongyang Maternity Hospital on June 11th.
Rim Ju Hyok and Kim Su Hyang, the parents of the triplets each weighing seemingly more than 4 kg, were residing in Sinuiju City, North Phyongan Province. They told about the state benefit the mother and babies had received free of charge during their stay in the hospital and the devotional care of the doctors and nurses in charge.
However, the names of the doctor and nurse in charge of the babies were not mentioned in their story.
A chief of a section of the hospital was asked why the names were not mentioned. The chief answered that four doctors and nurses for a baby so 12 medical staffs had been taking care of the mother and triplets.
Besides, the triplets born in the Pyongyang Maternity Hospital have been given the gold rings and ornamental silver knives, seasonal clothes and various tonics as souvenirs.
In the list of the souvenirs included are even the cloths for a bridal costume of the triplets in anticipation of their future wedding.
The father Rim Ju Hyok with the souvenir said as follows: Warmer is the embrace of the WPK than that of the parents.
So they named their children as Rim Chung Jong, Rim Hyo Jong and Rim Un Jong wishing them prove themselves worthy of the favour of the state.
-Abacus Education Is Given to Children
A study showed that abacus, used as a tool for calculation, is good for developing children’s intellectual faculties. In the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, abacus education is widely introduced for children at pre-school age.
-Children Learn Paduk
Children at a kindergarten in Pyongyang, the capital city of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, learn the tricks and tactics of paduk, or go, which is very good for developing intellectual faculties of children.