The purpose of this study is to assess the need for APEC Edutainment Exchange Program(AEEP) and current
status of educational environment of Sakha in Russia in order to design AEEP with Korea. To this end, based on
literature review, this study conducted a field research in Sakha visiting universities, schools, camp sites and various
sits for experiential learning for students and did a survey and interviews targeting the local teaches and education
experts. The results are as follows. First, having high demand for international educational cooperation activities for
students, Sakha, located in the far east of Russia, has attractive and divergent educational resources in the aspect
of culture, history, and natural environments. Second, it needs to consider participation costs, matters of
interpretation due to language barriers between Korea and Russia, and involvement and support from local Korean
residents and related institutions. Third, there should be enough attention and orientation to Korean students so
that they can understand and respect the cultural difference of speaking attitude and food in Sakha. These results
could provide preliminary data to develop Sakha-Korea AEEP utilizing divergent cultural resources and rich natural
environments of Sakha with systemic support for participants.