"Running Late!" Tense Morning of the Suneung Exam Day... Police Busy with 'Transport Operation'

Published 16 Nov.2023 11:46(KST)

Updated 15 Aug.2025 00:20(KST)

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On the 16th, the day of the 2024 College Scholastic Ability Test, police were busy assisting students who were late or forgot their admission tickets.

On the 16th, the day of the 2024 College Scholastic Ability Test, a patrol car arrived in front of the exam site set up at Ewha Girls' Foreign Language High School in Jung-gu, Seoul, with a flat tire. This patrol car was transporting examinees from Sangmyung University when the tire burst, but the examinees were safely moved. Photo by Jo Yongjun jun21@

The Gwangju Metropolitan Police Agency deployed a total of 415 personnel, including traffic and local police, riot police, and model drivers, around the test sites from 6:00 a.m. to 8:10 a.m. to conduct special traffic management.

The police provided convenience such as vehicle transportation and admission ticket delivery to 13 students that day.

Just five minutes before the entry deadline (8:10 a.m.), a student traveling in a parent's car from Ochi-dong, Buk-gu, Gwangju, fearing they would be late, requested help from the police and was safely transported by patrol car to take the exam.

At 8:00 a.m., there was also an urgent situation where a student was transported from Mudeung Library in Buk-gu to a high school in Dong-gu.

Various incidents such as accidentally forgetting ID cards or admission tickets continued.

Around 7:30 a.m., a police officer on traffic duty found an admission ticket that had fallen on the sidewalk about 100 meters in front of a high school in Nam-gu and delivered it to the test site officials.

At 7:55 a.m., a parent living in Suwan District, Gwangsan-gu, requested help because their child had left their ID card behind; the police visited the home by patrol car and then delivered it to the test site.