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Students sue state, teacher ended exam 90 seconds early

A group of students in South Korea has sued the government because their college entrance exam ended 90 seconds earlier than scheduled, the BBC writes.

They are seeking $15.400 each in damages - the cost of a year of college.

The lawsuit, filed on Tuesday by at least 39 students, claims the bell rang earlier at a testing site in the capital Seoul during the first subject of the exam.

The country's infamous college entrance test, known as the Suneung, is an eight-hour marathon of multiple tests in multiple subjects.

Suneung is one of the most difficult exams in the world.

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