First-Ever Perfect LEET Scorer to Livestream CSAT Korean Section Amid Cheating Allegations... Tax Exam Top Scorer: "I Used Process of Elimination"

LEET Perfect Scorer to Livestream Solving Questions After Test Paper Is Released

Test-Site Protocols Shift Amid "AI Glasses" Concerns

CSAT to Deploy Dedicated Screening Staff

National Qualification Exams Plan to Introduce Detectors

For the first time since the Law School Admission Test (LEET) was introduced, a test taker who earned a perfect score has said he will livestream himself taking the Korean section of the College Scholastic Ability Test (CSAT) for 80 minutes on November 19. He announced the public solving session after suspicions that he had used AI smart glasses spread to him amid allegations that the top scorer on the certified tax accountant exam had used them. The top scorer, B, 34, denied the cheating allegations.

With eight days remaining until the 2027 College Scholastic Ability Test, training is underway on the 11th at the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education in Yongsan-gu for all 239 staff members who will be assigned to Seoul test sites to monitor smart glasses. Photo by Kang Jinhyung

On November 12, A, a perfect-scoring LEET candidate studying dentistry at Seoul National University, announced plans to livestream the Korean section of the 2027 CSAT through a pinned comment on a video featuring him on the YouTube channel Mimiminu and on social media.

Mr. A plans to wait from 8:40 a.m. on the day of the CSAT and print the Korean-language exam paper when it is uploaded to the Korea Institute for Curriculum and Evaluation website at 10:56 a.m. SNS

A plans to wait from 8:40 a.m. on the day of the CSAT and print the Korean-language exam paper when it is uploaded to the Korea Institute for Curriculum and Evaluation website at 10:56 a.m. He will work on the questions for 80 minutes, from 11 a.m. to 12:20 p.m., the same amount of time allotted for the actual Korean section, and livestream the entire process without editing. He plans to finalize and announce the proctors, venue, and broadcast channel by November 16.

Tax Exam Top Scorer: "I Used Process of Elimination for Questions I Didn't Know"... HRD Korea Reviews Second-Round Answers

The controversy began with the first-round score of B, the top scorer on the 63rd Certified Tax Accountant Examination. Mr. Han missed only one question in financial management out of 160 on the first-round exam held in April, scoring 397.5 out of 400. He scored 100 in each of Introduction to Tax Law, Introduction to Accounting, and Commercial Law. In particular, the average score for Introduction to Tax Law was 30.18, and the failure rate was 74.21%. After the score became known, some test takers and practicing tax accountants raised suspicions that he had used smart glasses.

On the 11th, eight days before the 2026 College Scholastic Ability Test, eyewear company representatives demonstrate smart glasses at the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education in Yongsan-gu, Seoul, ahead of training for staff assigned to the CSAT smart glasses headquarters. Photo by Kang Jin-hyung

In a phone interview with The Korea Economic Daily on November 11, B asked, "Why would anyone study if they could get 100 using AI glasses?" He explained that he chose his answers by using the process of elimination, ruling out options he believed were incorrect one by one when he did not know the answer. He also expressed frustration that the allegations against him were spreading to other successful candidates. In a study account he previously published, B said it took about two years from when he began studying to when he passed the exam.

The Human Resources Development Service of Korea (HRD Korea), which administered the exam, said that, based on checks with the proctors at the time, they had observed no behavior that would raise suspicions of smart-glasses use, and that they had found nothing unusual in the first-round exam scoring materials. HRD Korea is currently conducting an expert review, including comparing the second-round essay answers with those of other successful candidates. The Korea Association of Certified Tax Accountants asked the relevant authorities to thoroughly establish the facts, while saying caution was warranted before concluding that cheating had occurred based solely on a high score.

Screening Staff at Every CSAT Test Site... Plans to Introduce Radio-Frequency Detectors for National Qualification Exams

As concerns grow about cheating with smart glasses, the Ministry of Education has explicitly listed AI smart glasses among the items prohibited at CSAT test sites this year. Test takers who bring prohibited items, including smart glasses, must hand them over to a proctor before the first exam session begins. If they are caught keeping such items without handing them in, their exam will be invalidated. On November 13, the Office for Government Policy Coordination said it would assign staff dedicated to identifying smart glasses at each test site and coordinate its response with situation rooms at the Ministry of Education and provincial and metropolitan education offices.

With eight days to go before the 2026 College Scholastic Ability Test, training for headquarters personnel assigned to smart glasses for the exam was held on the 11th at the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education in Yongsan-gu, Seoul. The photo shows the smart glasses used in the training. Photo by Kang Jinhyung.

If cheating involving smart glasses is detected, the plan is to invalidate the test taker's exam for this year, bar them from taking the exam the following year, and pursue criminal complaints or requests for investigations. Measures to strengthen equipment and staffing for national qualification exams are also being pursued. Ahead of the National Assembly's budget review, a proposal was drawn up to increase the budget for HRD Korea's qualification testing program by 6.573 billion won to provide 7,200 radio-frequency detectors and deploy specialists to identify smart devices. HRD Korea said it is difficult for proctors to distinguish products that look similar to ordinary glasses with the naked eye. As of the end of last month, six cases of cheating involving smart glasses had been detected in national qualification exams this year.

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