Overview
- The exam ran from 8:40 a.m. to 5:45 p.m. at 1,310 sites nationwide under extensive logistics, including extra transit service and shifted stock market hours.
- All takeoffs and landings were halted from 1:05 p.m. to 1:40 p.m. during the English listening section to ensure a quiet testing environment.
- Education officials reported 554,174 registrants, up 6 percent year over year, citing the large 2007 ‘Golden Pig’ birth cohort as the main driver.
- Question-setting chief Kim Chang-won said the paper followed core curriculum content, avoided cram-friendly rote traps, and calibrated elective subjects to minimize selection-based advantages.
- Applicants visited test centers the previous day to receive identification slips, as the exam again drew nationwide attention with public well-wishes from celebrities.