Top marks, please: Parents praying for their children’s success in the annual college entrance examinations, at a Buddhist temple in Seoul. — Reuters
SEOUL: South Korea closed its airspace to ensure silence and offered police escorts for tardy test takers as more than half a million students sat high-stakes college admission exams.
Seoul’s Education Ministry said 508,030 students were sitting the annual nine-hour test this year, the results of which are crucial for securing spots at top universities.
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