The College Scholastic Ability Test (CSAT), or *Suneung*, is taken by students seeking university admission. Recently, there has been an increase in cheating cases involving the use of AI-powered smart glasses by students taking the *Suneung*, with five such incidents recorded between May and June.
To prevent further occurrences, South Korea intends to toughen the penalties. Students caught cheating will be barred from taking the *Suneung* for three years—an increase from the previous one-year ban.
Since July, the South Korean Ministry of Education has also added AI-powered smart glasses to the list of prohibited items during examinations. Exam proctors have been trained to identify these smart glasses, and the government is exploring the use of radio frequency (RF) detectors to locate unauthorized electronic devices.
Like China, South Korea is facing increasingly cunning students who exploit the latest technology to cheat. As we reported last March, a rental service for smart glasses emerged in China, designed to help students answer questions on English and Mathematics exams. Smart glasses from brands such as Meta, Rokid, and Alibaba could be rented for as little as $6–$12 per day.
Last year, Bytedance, Tencent, DeepSeek, and Alibaba temporarily suspended their AI chatbots during the *gaokao*—China’s university entrance examination—to prevent cheating.
