Suneung college entrance exam day in South Korea
South Korea s college entrance exam also known as Suneung is underway. Some call this a ninehour marathon that can determine students futures. Kim Jungsil reports. Test takers are arriving at a testing site in Seoul. It s the day that more than 508thousand test takers have been preparing for. The Suneung, South Korea s college entrance exam. All the test takers started their first test, the Korean language test at around 8:40 a. m. Korea Standard Time. For some test takers, the Suneung will last for more than 9 hours. Parents and family members who came to wish the students good luck didn t leave the school gate for a long time. It feels so special that my twins are taking Suneung that I have taken in the past. I hope my twin sons do I also took my Suneung at this school. I was also very nervous at the time but when I entered college, the Suneung was only a beginning of a whole new world. I hope everyone does well and won
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