Seoul - Flights delayed, rush hour rescheduled and military exercises halted as hundreds of thousands of young South Koreans on Thursday sat a college entrance exam seen as crucial to their careers.
The stock market and private companies in the education-obsessed nation opened late to ease traffic congestion as students headed for test centres, with police on call to escort latecomers.
The transport ministry said landings and takeoffs would be banned during an English listening test in the morning and another in the afternoon, affecting a total of 118 flights.
In my opinion, examinations are too overrated in korea. I believe that one could succeed in life and become filthy rich , without even attending pre-school, all they need are the right values in life.
But i guess it is already in our culture and subconsciously we are forced upon that examinations are life and death matter anyway i am not suprised since Examinations had been with us ever since the Sui Dynasty , AD605 designed to select the best administrative officials for the state's bureaucracy.
DONE BY: MALVIN TAN 102142C
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