Gov't to upgrade King Sejong Institute's AI Korean language app amid rising demand

The government is set to upgrade the King Sejong Institute's AI Korean language teacher app for overseas learners amid the growing popularity of K-content and the demand for language learning around the world.

2024-08-22

Learning from King Sejong the Great

President Yoon must make his remaining time in office worthwhile by learning from King Sejong in drawing up policies and making decisions.

2024-05-29

Seoul city workers clean statue of King Sejong

Seoul city workers clean the dust off of the statue of King Sejong in Gwanghwamun, central Seoul, on Tuesday morning. Due to the recent yellow and fine dust sweeping the country, the cleaning procedure was carried out in four stages.

2024-04-16

Great ruler remembered on Hangul Day (KOR)

As we celebrate Hangul Day on Oct. 9, I cherish the wise king whose many accomplishments have been overshadowed by his invention of the great Korean alphabet in 1446.

2023-10-06

Great ruler remembered on Hangul Day

As we celebrate Hangul Day on Oct. 9, I cherish the wise king whose many accomplishments have been overshadowed by his invention of the great Korean alphabet in 1446.

2023-10-05

Lithuanian students take their love for K-culture to the classroom

The sun had set an hour earlier in Vilnius, but the day was far from over for a group of students huddled in a brightly lit classroom at Mykolas Romeris University in Lithuania on Feb. 7. They sat with a united purpose: to learn the language…

2023-02-15

Pentagon's Yeo One to star in web series 'There is an Idol in my Living Room'

Yeo One of boy band Pentagon will star in the web series “There is an Idol in my Living Room" (translated), created to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the King Sejong Institute Foundation, the foundation said Monday. The King Sejong Institute ...

2022-10-17

Be there or be square

A worker with a water jet cleans the statue of King Sejong the Great on Gwanghwamun Square in central Seoul on Monday. Behind the statue, construction of the extended square is seen.

2022-07-18

Sejong's hangul

People gather in front of the statue of King Sejong at Gwanghwamun Square in central Seoul to mark the 575th Hangul Day on Saturday, during a long weekend which runs through Monday.

2021-10-10

National museum marks Hangul Day with exhibit of Buddhist manuscripts

The Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910) was a strong Confucian kingdom. The Confucian scholar-officials severely persecuted other religions such as Buddhism and Catholicism. In such a period, Queen Soheon (1395-1446), who was King Sejong’s ...