An Min-seok: "June Mock Exam Was Not Difficult... Chaos Over Yoon's Fury"

Assemblyman An Min-seok CBS Radio Interview
"No Record of Instructions Regarding Killer Questions in March"

President Yoon Suk-yeol cited the 2024 College Scholastic Ability Test (CSAT) June mock exam Korean language section as a representative example of a 'killer question' (ultra-difficult question), but the grading results showed a flood of perfect scores, indicating that the test was rather easy. In response, Ahn Min-seok, a member of the Democratic Party of Korea, criticized, saying, "This chaos happened because of an impulsive remark."

On the 28th, Ahn appeared on CBS Radio's 'Kim Hyun-jung's News Show' and said, "Experts say the June mock exam was not difficult and the killer questions were not a problem, but the president was uniquely angry, asking why the questions were made difficult, which caused this uproar."

Ahn Min-seok, member of the Democratic Party of Korea./Photo by Yoon Dong-ju doso7@

He added, "The Democratic Party has consistently advocated for eliminating killer questions, but the issue lies in the timing and method," and continued, "When asked why this bomb (the exclusion of killer questions) was suddenly dropped five months before the CSAT, it was said that instructions had already been given in March. I asked Minister Lee Ju-ho specifically when and what instructions he received in March."

Ahn said, "In the end, there were no instructions regarding a fair CSAT or killer questions in March," and explained, "If the president had given instructions to the minister, those instructions should have been documented, at least in a memo or the minister's notes, but there is none."

He continued, "The Chief of Staff read a memo that the Minister of Education had taken down at the time of the president's instructions, and there were only two points," saying, "First, make sure the exam questions are within the curriculum, and second, reduce private education." He added, "This means the president's remarks were impulsive," and "There were no such specific instructions from the president before the June mock exam or in March."

Ahn pointed out that the policy to exclude 'killer questions' would have the unintended effect of boosting the private education CSAT market. He said, "Won't there be semi-killer questions?" and added, "Students will probably line up at large academies in Gangnam this summer vacation to tackle semi-killer questions. When I spoke with the heads of large academies in Gangnam, they said, 'We are going to have a big hit this summer.'"

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