1 classroom, 5,000 km apart: Seoul students learn beyond borders

The Korea Herald · Lee Seung-ku · 2026-10-28 02:30 UTC

"This is gochujang, a Korean sauce made with red chili peppers," Kim Ha-jin, a sixth grader at Seoul Beondong Elementary School, said as she scooped a

Virtual exchange program connects students across 33 countries, turning English lessons into real conversations and teaching global citizenship

"This is gochujang, a Korean sauce made with red chili peppers," Kim Ha-jin, a sixth grader at Seoul Beondong Elementary School, said as she scooped a spoonful of the red pepper paste and held it up to her laptop's camera.

Although Kim was sitting alongside her classmates, she was speaking to students as far as 5,000 kilometers away at SDIT Al Ihsan Banjarmasin, an Islamic elementary school in South Kalimantan, Indonesia, and Bansei Elementary School in Nara, Japan.

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