{
  "id": 14530725,
  "title": "Hamhung teachers ordered to wear skirts during School Support Month",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/hamhung-teachers-ordered-to-wear-skirts-during-school-support-month",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-14T20:20:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily NK",
    "slug": "daily-nk",
    "url": "https://www.dailynk.com/english/hamhung-teachers-ordered-wear-skirts-school-support-month/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "In North Korea, teachers in Hamhung are ordered to wear skirts during the annual School Support Month in October 2026. This rule has angered female educators who must change into work clothes after lessons end for farm duty. School Support Month is an annual state campaign where state agencies and enterprises visit schools to supply needed materials. The Hamhung city party committee, the local arm of the ruling Workers’ Party of Korea, criticized female teachers for teaching in trousers and demanded they wear skirts during the campaign. Rural mobilization, a practice where teachers, students, and workers help bring in the harvest, also coincides with the campaign, leading to additional complaints from female teachers. They question the effectiveness of the campaign in improving classroom conditions and are skeptical that sponsoring agencies and enterprises genuinely provide support.",
  "summary": "Hamhung teachers must now wear skirts in the classroom during North Korea’s October 2026 School Support Month, a rule that has angered female educators who still have to change into work clothes for farm duty after lessons end. School Support Month is an annual state campaign in which state agencies and enterprises are urged to […]",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Conversation AU",
        "title": "School teachers are burning out at alarming rates. How can we help keep them happy in their jobs?",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/school-teachers-are-burning-out-at-alarming-rates-how-can-we-help",
        "published": "2026-10-14T18:57:16.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}