summer Reunification leadership camp - all about DPRK (radio feature story)

National Public Radio had a radio segment this morning, June 20, by Elise Hu about a summer camp for children age 5 to teen years to learn about people and social experiences in the DPRK with a view to facilitate eventual reunification. The online version includes photos and transcript, in addition to the audio segment itself.

Morning Edition Hear the Morning Edition program for June 20, 2016

Yes, There's A Summer Camp Dedicated To Learning About North Korea

  [excerpt from transcript]

There's a summer camp on every theme these days, even North Korea. South Korea's twist on extracurricular enrichment is called Unification Leaders Camp, and it's a government-sponsored getaway dedicated to schooling South Korean youngsters about their neighbors to the north.

At a recent camp session on South Korea's Jeju Island, 120 ninth-graders rolled their suitcases into a sprawling beach-side resort lined with palm trees, snapping selfies on the resort lawn. It was the last they'd see of the outdoors for two days.

  [full story in audio, photos; transcript]

Yes, There's A Summer Camp Dedicated To Learning About North Korea 

Yes, There's A Summer Camp Dedicated To Learning About North Korea On a beach resort in southern South Korea, the government sponsors camps each year where kids as young as six ar...

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