A Chinese magazine featuring a front page story on the future successor of North Korea's leader Kim Jong-il goes on sale at a newsstand in Beijing December14, 2010. UPI/Stephen Shaver North Korea Shuts Down Universities For 10 Months -- The Telegraph
North Korea has shut down its universities for the next 10 months and sent students to work in factories, agriculture and the construction sector as it struggles to rebuild its economy.
Pyongyang has told the North Korean people that the nation will have achieved its aim of becoming "a great, prosperous and powerful nation" in 2012, which marks the 100th anniversary of the founder of the reclusive state, Kim Il-sung.
In addition, Kim Jong-il will turn 70 in February and the "Dear Leader" hopes to be able to transfer his power and an economically stronger nation to his son and heir-apparent, Kim Jong-Un.
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More News On The Misery In North Korea
N. Korean students sent for labor service -- UPI
North Korea could be on verge of famine, smuggled video shows -- Washington Post
Rare video footage smuggled out of North Korea -- Global Post
How to Smuggle Footage Out of North Korea -- The Atlantic
Smuggled footage exposes impoverished North Korea -- ABC News (Australia)
North Korea soldiers malnourished: Report -- Straits Times/AFP
Even Army struggling for food in North Korea -- ABC News (Australia)
A North Korean's Odyssey from Death to Life -- Christian Post