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[Newsmaker] How Korea held its nationwide college entrance exam with COVID-19

IndustryDec 3, 2020

South Korea on Thursday held the nation’s annual rite of passage -- the Suneung, the standardized college entrance exam -- on which it’s an understatement to say that students stake their future. Th...
[Newsmaker] North Korea enforces tougher antivirus measures in Pyongyang amid heightened alert

North KoreaDec 3, 2020

North Korea has been enforcing tougher antivirus measures in Pyongyang since the capital was recently put on the highest level of alert against the global coronavirus pandemic, according to state med...
[Newsmaker] Not just students being examined as Suneung puts ‘K-quarantine’ to test

EducationDec 2, 2020

Tens of thousands of college hopefuls in South Korea will take the annual national college entrance exam Thursday, so important that many here describe it as one of the most pivotal moments in life. ...