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 ...

Buddhist temples are crowded nowadays with mothers ardently praying for their children's success on the annual college entrance exam, which is just a week away. The state-administered exam is ...

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 Barron's ...

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 ...

Buddhist temples are crowded nowadays with mothers ardently praying for their children's success on the annual college entrance exam, which is just a week away. The state-administered exam is ...

Following public criticism, the West Africa Examinations Council (WAEC) has changed the time for an examination initially fixed for the period Muslims go for Friday prayers. The council, in the ...