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Seoul, South Korea - A woman in South Korea who tried to pass the written exam for a driver's license with near-daily attempts since April 2005 has finally succeeded on her 950th time.

The aspiring driver spent more than 5-million won ($4 200) in application fees, but until now had failed to score the minimum 60 out of a possible 100 points needed to get behind the wheel for a driving test.

Cha Sa-soon, 68, finally passed the written exam with a score of 60 on Wednesday, said Choi Young-chul, a police official at the drivers' license agency in Jeonju, 130 miles (210 kilometers) south of Seoul.
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Police said Cha took the test hundreds of times, but had no specific total. Local media said she took the test 950 times.

Now she must pass a driving test before getting her license, Choi said.

Repeated calls to Cha seeking comment went unanswered. She told the Korea Times newspaper she needed the license for her vegetable-selling business. - Sapa-AP
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2 Weeks ago TeeJay wrote :
GUUUYS!!! This happend in KOREA!! STUFF ALL to do with Aukland Park ....or any other park. COME RGHT!!!
2 Weeks ago Sick of Idiots wrote :
Auckland Park licencing department SUCKS!!!!
2 Weeks ago Mike Thurgood wrote :
Surely, after ten attempts to pss the written driving exam paper, someone would have had the sense to enquire of the lady to find out what her problem was. 950 attempts ws just ridiculous. And was it the same paper every time - but eeevery time? Now, how many attempts is the lady going to require to pass the ctual driving test? Seriously, there's been so obviously something radically wrong, and for absolutely no one to have exercised any level of intellect and initiative to find out the lady's problem, what an awful system they must have in South Korea. Or was it just a matter of the lolly?
2 Weeks ago Anonymous Umzumbe wrote :
Yes the booking still sucks, you will be lucky if you can get more than 10 bookings in a year, she was writing everyday. Buying of licences can decrease if people can have easy access to doing driving tests, our gorvenment must look at that, here everything has a backlog.
2 Weeks ago Guy wrote :
At least she could get the bookings. South Afica's booking system still sucks.
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