This article offers a clear and practical introduction to the Korean alphabet, Hangul. Learn all basic consonants and vowels with simplified pronunciation guides and easy example words. Designed for ...

Koreans are very proud of hangul, the country’s writing system. They boast about how King Sejong invented the system from scratch, without imitating other writing systems or evolving it from ...

Happy Hangul Day! October 9th is a South Korean national holiday held in honor of the invention of the Korean writing system, which experts have called the most “scientific” (plus the most “ingenious, ...