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In South Korea, success in university entrance exams is the key to future career and even marriage prospects. It's a serious business. Ha-won Jung, a Seoul-based journalist for the AFP news agency, describes how the whole nation gets involved, as over half a million students across the country get ready to take their exams.

(Photo: South Korean high school girls hugs with her teacher. Credit: Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)