A holiday commemorating the creation of the Korean alphabet, Hangul, is being observed Monday, Oct. 9. A linguistic milestone: Hangul Day, also known as Korean Alphabet Day, is an annual celebration ...

Hangul Day is a national Korean commemorative day marking the invention and proclamation of Hangul, the Korean alphabet. The event was attended by some 1,200 participants, including senior government ...

The Korean alphabet is one of the most precise and beautiful ones in that way.” His opinion rings true for hangul, because the Korean alphabet was formed by King Sejong the Great (1397~1450) and ...

Today, October 9, is Hangul Day, possibly the only holiday devoted to celebrating a writing system in the world! The holiday commememorates the invention of the Korean alphabet, Hangul, in 1446. Until ...

An exhibition to be held at UNESCO HQ from 7 to 11 September to celebrate International Literacy Day takes the Republic of Korea Hangul alphabet as its theme. The show, Beginning of the Bright, by ...

It wasn’t a person and it wasn’t even a place. It was a language, or more precisely, the beautiful and poetic Korean alphabet known as Hangul. When I landed in South Korea, I had no idea that a series ...

According to the McCune-Reischauer (MR) system, the Korean alphabet was spelled out as around 1939. It changed to hangul over several decades. The diacritic marks (breves and apostrophes) were dropped ...

ON OCTOBER 9th South Koreans celebrate the 567th birthday of Hangul, the country's native writing system, with a day off work. South Korea is one of the few countries in the world to celebrate its ...