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" ...

A woman prepares to attache a card with a handwritten message to a mini lantern at the Jogyesa Buddhist temple, where prayers are taking place for students who are sitting for the annual College ...

A woman prays at Seoul's Jogyesa Buddhist temple, where prayers are being held for students taking the university entrance exam - Copyright AFP ANTHONY WALLACE A ...

The "Suneung" university entrance exam is a major event in the education-obsessed South, and officials take extreme measures, from rescheduling flights to pausing construction, to ensure students can ...