In the past, the primary foreign language learned by North Korean students was Russian. However, with the collapse of socialist countries like the Soviet Union in the late 1980s, fewer students chose to learn Russian
In North Korea, foreign languages are taught as a formal subject for one hour a week starting from the third grade of elementary school. Schools can choose language and most schools teach English. In middle school, English is a required foreign language and is studied 3 to 4 hours a week.
The most important focus in North Korean schools is ideological education that studies the greatness of Kim Il-sung, Kim Jong-il, and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. Kim Il-sung is the grandfather of Kim Jong-un, and Kim Jong-il is his father. The sentences that appear on the first page of North Korean English textbooks are
"The Respected Leader Generalissimo Kim Il Sung Will Always Be With Us" and "Thank You, the Great Leader Marshal Kim Jong Il"
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