Four students from Intermediate class 2A (Sejong Korean 7) of KSI Campinas have become employees at Samsung R&D Institute Brazil. They are Carolina Mendes (HR), Janaina di Rosso (Accounting), Gabriel Divino (Mobile Network Technologies) and Rodolfo Sekijima (Mobile Network Technologies). They are the "first year students" who have been learning Korean since the establishment of KSI Campinas in 2015, and have lived in Korea for a long time during their language training program. Four successful candidates say that they were able to join Samsung R&D Institute thanks to Korean language classes at King Sejong Institute. Their Korean language skills have differentiated themselves from other applicants. "Thanks to Korean language skills, I was able to get employed in the accounting department of Samsung R&D Institute though I majored in international relations,” and “I’m so happy to get a job in a Korean company that I’ve been dreaming of since I was a college student," said Janaina.

On December 14th, KSI Shijiazhuang held a kimchi-making event with about 40 students. On this day, President of Hebei University of Science and Technology, Jiang Zhao, and other officials attended the event and experienced kimchi culture of Korea. Participants learned about different kinds of kimchi and the order of making it, and then they made kimchi with 10 heads of cabbages. The highlight of the event was a tasting of their kimchi that they made together. The participants had a good time sharing boiled pork slices and kimchi. Participant Zhang Libo said, "I usually bought kimchi, but I am very proud of making my own kimchi.”