Korean International School in Yanbian (KISY; Korean: 연변한국국제학교; ) is a Korean international school in
Yanji
Yanji (; Chosŏn'gŭl: 연길, ''Yeon-gil;'' Hangul: 옌지, ''Yenji;'' alternately romanized as Yenki) is a county-level city in the east of China's Jilin Province, and is the seat of the Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture. Its population i ...
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Yanbian
Yanbian (; Chosŏn'gŭl: , ''Yeonbyeon''), officially known as the Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture, is an autonomous prefecture in the east of Jilin Province, China. Yanbian is bordered to the north by Heilongjiang Province, on the west by ...
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Jilin
Jilin (; alternately romanized as Kirin or Chilin) is one of the three provinces of Northeast China. Its capital and largest city is Changchun. Jilin borders North Korea (Rasŏn, North Hamgyong, Ryanggang and Chagang) and Russia (Prim ...
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China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...
. It serves students in elementary school through high school.
It was established on December 1, 1997. Prior to its opening, the Korean students in Yanji attended
Yanbian International Academy
Yanbian International Academy (YIA; 延边外国人学校 "Yanbian Foreigners' School") is a K-12 international school in Yanji, Yanbian, China. It is a part of the Yanbian University of Science and Technology.Yanbian International Academy (YIA)
Archive . YUST PUST Foundation. Retrieved on October 1, 2015.
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Koreans in China
Koreans in China (), Korean Chinese (), Joseonjok, Chosŏnjok (), or Chaoxianzu (), are Chinese by nationality and are Koreans by ethnicity (with either full or partial Korean ancestry). A majority of the chaoxianzu are descendants of immigran ...