What Is Suneung Exam (수능)? The 9-Hour Day That Stops Korea
What is Suneung exam day? It’s Korea’s one-day college entrance test, held each November since 1993. Officially the College Scholastic Ability Test (CSAT), or 대학수학능력시험 (daehak suhak neungnyeok siheom), it’s the score most Korean universities use to rank applicants. That makes it the single most consequential day in a Korean teenager’s life, and the whole country adjusts its schedule to protect it.