Politics · South Korea · 1 hr ago
Korean university council to strengthen application system after outage
South Korea’s university application system failed during the 2027 early admissions process, leaving some students unable to submit or pay for applications.
The disruption occurred on the Uway Apply system shortly before the deadline.
The Korea Council for University Education extended the deadline by an hour, but some students did not see the notice.
Council president Lee Ki-jung said the council is treating the incident seriously.
The council, the Education Ministry and the Korea Advancing Schools Foundation are conducting a special investigation, while a separate task force is preparing for regular admissions.
Of 414 cases identified as eligible for relief, 354 students ultimately completed their applications.
The council says it will use the investigation’s findings to improve system checks, outage response procedures, competition-rate guidance and applicant number procedures.
The Korean Council for University Education said it would strengthen the university application system after an outage during early admissions.
Council President Lee Ki-jeong said the council was taking the incident seriously and would review system checks, response procedures and other safeguards.
The outage prevented some applicants from completing applications and payments, and the application deadline was extended by one hour.
Of 414 cases identified as eligible for relief, 354 ultimately completed applications, Lee said.
A special investigation is under way, and a task force is preparing for regular admissions.
- Who
- The Korean Council for University Education and its president, Lee Ki-jeong.
- What
- The council will review and strengthen its application system after an outage disrupted applications.
- When
- The announcement was made on Oct. 12, 2026; the outage occurred on the 11th of the previous month.
- Where
- South Korea.
- Why
- An application-system error prevented some students from completing applications and payments.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
We will work to strengthen the stability and management system of the application system so that this does not happen again.
As an institution responsible for university admissions work, we take this matter very seriously.
Based on the objective electronic records, 354 of the 414 cases identified as eligible for relief ultimately completed their applications.
An error occurred in the Uway Apply application system, leaving some applicants unable to complete applications or payments.
The council extended the application deadline to 7 p.m.
Lee said a special investigation was under way and the council would review and strengthen its systems.
- Relief cases identified
- 414
- Applications completed among relief cases
- 354
- Application deadline
- Extended from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m.
- System affected
- Uway Apply’s application system
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