Korean who moved to the states about 9 years ago, right after starting middle school back in SK.

Like everyone said, we were all taught to support the people that were living in NK, and that SK is sending bags of rice to NK whenever we can. What's interesting now that I think back to it, is that the fact that spies from NK are a possibility and that we should look out for them when we're near the sea, it would contain cute childish drawings of the submarines peeking out of the water from a distance and I remember wanting to meet the spies so I can see their cool spy-gadgets. I was a very happy-go-lucky innocent kid.

Like the top comment said, in my elementary school we also had annual poem writing contest about NK and the reunification. The entire school(at least my school) was required to participate, I didn't do well but a couple of my acquaintances won prizes and applied to a bigger contest.

The reunification movement would be taught during Shil-gwa class, which is basically learning how to go about life. Simple things like folding laundry, cooking basic things, learning how to sew, etc etc. I think we also learned about the reunification movement during Doh-duk class, which is learning how to respect others and general mannerisms.

Speaking of those classes, I was surprised that those classes didn't exist here. They're a lot of fun and it teaches how not to be "trashy". I know freedom and individuality is a big thing here but like...come on now, some people can be "trashy"; and those classes taught you not to be that way.