Koreans began writing in Chinese characters in the 14th century. In Korea, these characters, known as "Hanja," are still frequently found, especially on calendars. Writing using Hanja was always ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Korean Cultural Center in Brazil has promoted the importance of Hangul and the affection Koreans have for it to the Brazilian press, in recognition of 'Hangul Day'. -Translation of the article ...

People take part in a Korean calligraphy competition marking the 578th Hangul Day, a national holiday celebrating the creation of hangul, the Korean alphabet, at Gwanghwamun Square in Jongno District, ...

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 ...

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 ...