Kyodong Elementary School () is the oldest modern elementary school in South Korea,Korea: Its Land, People, and Culture of All Ages Hakwon-Sa, 1963, p372 which was opened nearby the Gyeongbokgung palace in 1894.이종화, 재미있게 읽는 그날의 역사 9월 18일 The first name of the school was the Royal Kyodong School, but later named as Kyodong Normal School. The school introduced women education in 1925. Nowadays according to the suburbanization of Seoul old city, it has around a hundred students.
Alumni President Yun Posun, Novelist Sim Hun, and Musician Yun Geuk-young graduated the school.
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