SEOUL, Nov. 16 (Korea Bizwire) – Every year, South Korean police officers drive anxious students to their college entrance examination sites and deliver forgotten ID cards to test-takers. But what has long been viewed as a heartwarming tradition is now facing scrutiny from within the force itself. According to the National Police Agency, officers provided 187 [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — The annual college entrance exam kicked off nationwide Thursday with a record number of retakers driven in part by an increase in medical school admissions. A total of 522,670 students, including high school seniors and graduates, were registered to take the state-administered College Scholastic Ability Test (CSAT), up 18,082 [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – In South Korea, high school senior Nam, 18, is doing everything possible to avoid listening to “APT.,” the new collaboration between BLACKPINK’s Rosé and Bruno Mars. Despite the song’s global success, with its infectious melody and repetitive lyrics captivating listeners worldwide, Nam sees it as something best kept at arm’s [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – In a case highlighting the high-stakes nature of college entrance exams in South Korea, 39 students from Kyungdong High School in Seoul’s Seongbuk District have filed a lawsuit against the national education authorities. The legal action, announced by the law firm Myung Jin, seeks 20 million won per student for [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — About half a million students sat the college entrance exam across the country Thursday, South Korea’s most important annual academic event during which airplane takeoffs and landings will be temporarily banned for noise control. A total of 504,588 high school seniors, graduates and others signed up to take this [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — The government said Tuesday all aircraft takeoffs and landings across South Korea will be temporarily prohibited to regulate noise during this year’s annual College Scholastic Ability Test (CSAT) later his week. According to the transportation ministry, aircraft takeoffs and landings will be restricted for 35 minutes between 1:05 p.m. [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Aircraft circled above South Korea on Thursday afternoon waiting for the English listening portion of the College Scholastic Aptitude Test to be completed. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport has banned all airplane takeoffs and landings for 40 minutes from 1:05 p.m. to ensure that no noise disturbs [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Police have decided to stop offering motorcycle escorts for college entrance test-takers in some regions for legal reasons on the day of the national college entrance exam that will take place on Thursday. The Ulsan Metropolitan Police Agency, for instance, plans to use 49 patrol cars rather than motorcycles [...]
INCHEON, Nov. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Ahead of the state-administered College Scholastic Aptitude Test on Thursday, island-dwelling students are coming to the mainland, staying at city hotels as they prepare for the upcoming exam. Half of the 70 students from islands in Incheon’s Ongjin County, about 50 kilometers west of Seoul, came to the mainland [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will delay the opening of its foreign exchange market by one hour on the day of the college entrance exam later this week, the committee in charge of the FX market said Monday. The foreign exchange market will open at 10 a.m. and close at 3:30 p.m. [...]