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Civil Service Exams

National and local civil service tracks, subjects by job series, and how the exams have changed. Based on official announcements.

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Types of Positions

Firefighter and Police Physical Fitness Tests Are Now Completely Different Formats -- Point-Scoring by Event vs. a Timed Circuit Course

Firefighter hiring still scores individual events, while police (patrol officer)…

Kang Hyun-woo·2026-09-21 응시자격

Have You Checked the Disqualification Grounds? What Surfaces Only After You Pass the Written Exam

국가공무원법 제33조 결격사유를 정리했습니다. 금고형은 집행종료 후 5년, 집행유예는 종료 후 2년처럼 헷갈리는 기산일 기준을 필기 합격 전에 …

Kang Hyun-woo·2026-09-17 Types of Positions

What Is a Gunmuwon? How It Differs from a General Civil Servant -- 2026 Hiring Numbers and This Month's Interviews

Gunmuwon are special-service national civil servants hired separately by the Min…

Kang Hyun-woo·2026-09-16 임용·신분

Hazardous-Duty Survivor Pension Rates Are Rising for Civil Servants -- Condolence Payments Double, Sick Leave Extends to Eight Years

Korea's Ministry of Personnel Management announced a comprehensive plan on Septe…

Kang Hyun-woo·2026-09-14 임용·신분

Grade-9 Civil Servant Pay Starts at 2,133,000 Won on Paper -- Why Your Actual Deposit Looks Different

The 2026 base salary for a Step-1 Grade 9 civil servant is 2,133,000 won. Here's…

Kang Hyun-woo·2026-09-13 채용제도

The Regional Talent 9th-Grade Recruitment Program: No Written Exam, But a 6-Month Probation Still Stands Between You and the Job

특성화고·마이스터고 학과성적 상위 30% 이내 학생이 학교장 추천으로 지원하는 지역인재 9급 추천채용제 — 필기·면접 이후 6개월 견습근무를 거…

Kang Hyun-woo·2026-09-10 Local Service

지방직 공무원 거주요건, 기준일은 시험 해당연도 1월 1일입니다 — 연속거주냐 합산거주냐

지방직 공무원 시험 거주지 제한은 시험 해당연도 1월 1일을 기준으로 연속거주 또는 합산 3년 이상 거주 중 하나만 채우면 됩니다. 15년 이상…

Kang Hyun-woo·2026-09-05 임용·신분

교육공무직·기간제교사는 왜 공무원연금이 아니라 국민연금일까 — 임용 형태별 가입 기준

교육공무직원과 기간제교사는 정규 임용 교원과 달리 국민연금 가입 대상입니다. 직역연금이 정규 임용을 전제로 하는 이유와 임용 형태별 연금 적용 …

Kang Hyun-woo·2026-09-03 임용·신분

Probationary Civil Servants Can Be Dismissed Too — Poor Performance Grounds and the 30-Day Appeal Window

During probation (one year for Grade 5, six months for Grade 6 and below), poor …

Kang Hyun-woo·2026-08-29 응시자격

Civil Service Exam Fees Are Being Waived for More Applicants — and a New Appointment-Deferral Rule Just Appeared

Korea's Ministry of Personnel Management pre-announced amendments on August 24 e…

Kang Hyun-woo·2026-08-26 Exams by Job Series

Passing the Police Constable Exam Does Not Mean Entering the Academy at Once — Five Grounds for Deferral

Article 18-2 allows deferral for military service, study, long-term illness, pre…

Kang Hyun-woo·2026-08-18 Exams by Job Series

Civil Service Exam Bonus Points Are Registered After the Exam — a Three-Day Window and What 3–5% Is Really Worth

Bonus points split into employment-support (10/5%), righteous-persons (5/3%) and…

Kang Hyun-woo·2026-08-15 Study Methods

Why memorising grammar no longer raises your score — Korean and English after the style change

From 2025 the Grade 9 Korean and English papers moved from memorised knowledge t…

Kang Hyun-woo·2026-07-28 Local Service

You get one shot at a local exam — five things to check in each region's notice

All seventeen metropolitan and provincial authorities hold the Grade 9 local exa…

Kang Hyun-woo·2026-07-28 National Service

Change job series and the ratio moves by a factor of ten — the 2026 Grade 9 figures

The 2026 national Grade 9 competition drew 108,718 applicants for 3,802 places, …

Kang Hyun-woo·2026-07-28