ABSTRACT
In 1993 Chongryun launched a three-year program of curricular reform. Under the new curriculum, subjects such as childhood of Father Marshal Kim Il Sung and revolutionary history of the Great Leader Kim Il Sung were abolished. This chapter focuses on various changes related to the curricular reform and consider its implications for readjusting the identity of children as overseas nationals of North Korea. The classification "ideological education" no longer exists in Chongryun's curriculum. There are tangible differences between Korean lessons in the old and new textbooks. Prior to 1973, Chongryun schools had used the Japanese schoolbooks available from Japanese publishers. In the academic year 1993–1994, Chongryun faced a gap in teaching about Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il. Chongryun's Education Department regularly invites teachers to special courses to train in reading and speaking Korean. In the case of Chongryun schoolchildren, the performative elements in utterances are found in their daily language.
