Nine-hour prayer sessions, live-streamed speaking in tongues, bowing before a Buddhist altar 108 times: South Korean parents are turning to God as students sit a crucial exam Thursday. The "Suneung" ...
Flights are temporarily halted, the stock market will trade an hour later and parents are packing shrines for prayers -- it ...
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Parents pray for children's exam success ahead of suneung

Parents and families gathered at temples and other religious sites across the country to pray for their children to perform well.
FLIGHTS are temporarily halted, the stock market will trade an hour later and ­parents are packing shrines for prayers – it ...
A 35-minute nationwide flight ban has been imposed during the English listening test, with banks and public offices delaying ...
South Korea paused flights and delayed office openings as students sat the high-stakes Suneung college entrance exam.
For most students, the exam started at 8.40am and ended at 5.40pm. Blind students with severe visual impairments are given ...