calendar>>February 11. 2020 Juche 109
Mirae Kindergarten Famous for Taekwon-Do Education in DPRK
Pyongyang, February 11 (KCNA) -- The education in Taekwon-Do, an orthodox martial art of the Korean nation, is now encouraged among preschoolers in the DPRK.

Mirae Kindergarten in Phyongchon District, Pyongyang has produced little Taekwon-Do grade holders in a short period.

In liaison with the Pedagogical Institute and the Korean Taekwon-Do Committee, the kindergarten made a teaching plan and multimedia for Taekwon-Do education.

On this basis, it completed 10-odd basic movements combined with music for children.

Its teaching plan and multimedia on Taekwon-Do education are being disseminated to other kindergartens across the country.

All the teachers of this kindergarten are holders of Taekwon-Do first degree and third grade, and more than 40 children got the ninth grade for the first time in the kindergarten field.

Director Kim Hyang Suk told KCNA that the Taekwon-do education helps enhance children's lung capacity, intellectual and physical faculties and concentration.

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