PHOTOS Korea holds national college entrance exam

A mother wishes her daughter good luck on the sidewalk leading to the test site at Ewha Girls' Foreign Language High School in Jung District, Seoul, Thursday. Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chul

A test taker hugs her sister and dog before entering the test site at Ewha Girls' Foreign Language High School in Jung District, Seoul, Thursday. Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chul

A student runs toward the entrance of Ewha Girls' Foreign Language High School in Jung District, Seoul, Thursday, to sit for the national college entrance exam. Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chul

Test takers walk into Ewha Girls' Foreign Language High School, one of the test sites for this year's national college entrance exam, in Jung District, Seoul, Thursday. Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chul

A father takes a photo of his daughter in front of Ewha Girls' Foreign Language High School in Jung District, Seoul, Thursday. Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chul

A teacher closes the gate of Ewha Girls' Foreign Language High School in Jung District, Seoul, Thursday, ahead of the national college entrance exam. Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chul

A test taker gets out of a police car in front of a test site at Inhwa Girls' High School in Incheon, Thursday. Police provide emergency rides for students on the test day. Joint Press Corps

A test taker prays as she waits for the College Scholastic Aptitude Test to start at Inhwa Girls' High School in Incheon, Thursday. Joint Press Corps

Test takers wait for the College Scholastic Aptitude Test to start at Dongwon Dongwoo High School in Suwon, Gyeonggi Province, Thursday. Joint Press Corps

A mother waits for her child in front of Ewha Girls' Foreign Language High School in Jung District, Seoul, Thursday. Yonhap