Culture Minister Choi Hwi-young, center, and other dignitaries observe a moment of silence during the “Flower-Laying for King Sejong” ceremony held at Gwanghwamun Square in central Seoul on Oct. 9, ...

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 ...

Language is as much about image and identity as it is about communication. As you walk down the streets of Seoul, you see a lot of T-shirts emblazoned with English words, and in the United States, ...

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 ...

Google Doodle commemorates Hangul Day, a unique celebration dedicated to an alphabet that is Korea's Hangul writing system. This day highlights the significant role of Hangul in promoting literacy ...

The Cia-Cia language has been passed down orally for centuries. Now the tribe’s children are learning to write it in Hangul, the Korean script. By Muktita Suhartono Reporting from Baubau, Indonesia ...

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 ...

YouTube’s iconic red-and-white logo just went bilingual. For Hangul Day, which falls on Thursday, the platform traded its English name for Korean characters — and a celebration of the script’s ...