Suneung: The Day Korea Stops for One Exam

High school students in winter coats walking into a school gate on a cold early morning while younger students cheer

Suneung is the one day a year when an entire country rearranges itself around a single exam. Planes stop taking off. Offices open an hour late. The stock market waits. Police officers on motorbikes race late students to their test sites, and younger students stand outside school gates in the cold, cheering for seniors they … Read more