Correction, 6/30/2011: An earlier version of this article incorrectly identified Roh Moo-hyun as the former prime minister of Korea. In fact, he had been the president of Korea.

The annual opening ceremony for Korea’s Judicial Research and Training Institute (JRTI) is usually a time for pride. To enter the institute’s mandatory two-year course and become a Korean lawyer, trainees must first have passed one of the world’s toughest bar exams. Only around one in ten test-takers succeed.

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