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Hieun SHIN

SHOCKING: Live streamed prayers for stressed s korean exam parents - What They Never Told You

A woman prays at Seoul's Jogyesa Buddhist temple, where prayers are being held for students taking the university entrance exam (Credit: AFP)

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 "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 give their best performance.

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