Uzbek students visiting Seoul, Korea
🇰🇷 Korea 2024

Seoul & Gyeongju

Uzbek students visited Korea — May 12–19, 2024

Korean students visiting Samarkand, Uzbekistan
🇺🇿 Uzbekistan 2023

Samarkand & Tashkent

Korean students visited Uzbekistan — April 28 – May 5, 2023

The Annual Trip

The Trip

Once a year, one school travels to the other. Pen pals finally meet face-to-face. Letters become conversations. The distance collapses into a week of shared meals, shared streets, and shared memories that last a lifetime.

🇰🇷 2024 — Korea

Uzbek Students
Visit Seoul

Group photo at Gyeongbokgung Palace, Seoul
📍 Gyeongbokgung Palace — First morning in Seoul
Cultural activity session in Seoul
📍 Traditional craft session with host students
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Day 1–2: Seoul Orientation

Arrival, welcome ceremony at Hanbit High School, tour of Gyeongbokgung and Bukchon Hanok Village.

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Day 3–4: School Life

A full day attending classes alongside pen pals at Hanbit High, school lunch, taekwondo demo.

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Day 5–7: Gyeongju & Farewell

Historic Silla kingdom sites in Gyeongju, hot springs, final group dinner, farewell ceremony.

🇺🇿 2023 — Uzbekistan

Korean Students
Visit Samarkand

Cultural gift exchange in Samarkand
📍 Gift exchange ceremony at Mirzo Ulugbek Lyceum
Group photo at Registan Square, Samarkand
📍 Registan Square — The heart of Samarkand
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Day 1–2: Silk Road Welcome

Arrival in Tashkent, transfer to Samarkand, welcome plov dinner hosted by student families.

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Day 3–4: School & Culture

Classes at the Lyceum, suzani embroidery workshop, visit to the Ulugbek observatory.

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Day 5–7: Registan & Beyond

Full-day Registan tour, market walk, traditional music performance, farewell ceremony.

Next Trip

2025 — Uzbekistan

Korean students will visit Samarkand again in May 2025. Applications for this year's cohort are open now.

Departure
May 10, 2025
Return
May 17, 2025
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