Royal palaces to open an hour later on Suneung exam day

Royal palaces and tombs managed by the Korea Heritage Service will open one hour later than usual on Nov. 19, the day of South Korea's 2027 College Scholastic Ability Test, or Suneung, the country's annual college entrance exam. All sites operated by the agency's Royal Palaces and Tombs Center will open at 10 a.m. instead of the usual 9 a.m. to help ease traffic congestion and ensure students can reach their exam venues on time, the center said. The change applies to the palaces Gyeongbokgung, C