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How Koreans took exam a thousand years ago
(Agencies)
Updated: 2009-10-25 19:19
Applicants in traditional scholars' costume take part in the re-enactment of the traditional state examinations,"Gwageo", at Gyeongbok-gung (palace) in Seoul October 25, 2009. The practice of holding "Gwageo" to select government officials began in the Republic of Korea in 788 and was abrogated in 1894. [Agencies]
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