평양외국인학교 | |
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Pyongyang Foreigners School | |
Chosŏn'gŭl | 평양외국인학교 |
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Hancha | 平壤外國人學校 |
Revised Romanization | Pyeongyang Oegugin Hakgyo |
McCune–Reischauer | P'yŏngyang Oegugin Hakkyo |
The Pyongyang Korean School for Foreigners (Korean: 평양외국인학교) is a primary school in Pyongyang, North Korea, exclusively for foreign children. It has also a facility for foreign children studying on secondary school level. The school is located at the Munsudong diplomatic compound in Pyongyang, the capital of the DPRK. The children who attend are mainly dependents of the diplomatic community and the United Nations agencies in the country, although also children of foreign businessmen, mainly Chinese, have been joining the school. All teachers are Korean. The language of instruction is English. Local textbooks in English are used. English and mathematics are the two major subjects, with Korean language, music, art and physical education as minor subjects; from class 3 onwards also science is provided as minor subject. In the early 1990s the official name in English of the school was "Pyongyang Foreigners School",[1] which is the straight translation of the name of the school in Korean (평양외국인학교), which did not change.