South Korean education authorities estimate that up to 1,200 students were unable to complete early-admission applications during last week's system outage and have now opened a formal relief process. The Education Ministry and the Korean Council for University Education said applications for relief can be submitted from 9 a.m. on September 14 until 6 p.m. on September 16 through a dedicated page on the Uway Apply website.
The new figures turn the outage from a general system failure into a defined applicant problem. Authorities said roughly 2.61 million early-admission applications were handled overall, while up to 1,200 may have been left incomplete because of the disruption. Digital records of login attempts, form entry, saving and payment activity will be used to determine whether an applicant was actually blocked by the technical failure.
Relief now depends on evidence from the failed session
The review also has to address fairness. The original deadline was extended after the service failed, and some applicants were able to see competition ratios before making later choices. Authorities are separately examining cases where the extension may have changed application behavior.
For students, the practical step is immediate: anyone who tried but failed to complete an application during the outage should preserve relevant records and use the relief channel within the announced window. The decision process will determine which incomplete submissions can be accepted or otherwise remedied.
This is a material development from the initial outage. The key questions are no longer whether relief will exist, but who qualifies, how consistently universities apply the decisions and whether the admissions platform is changed before the next high-traffic deadline.