Yu In-chon, center, the newly-appointed Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism, tours around the National Hangeul Museum in central Seoul to celebrate Hangul Day on Monday, Oct. 9.
Renowned calligrapher Lee Sang-hyun puts on a performance to mark the 577th Hangul Day in front of the statue of King Sejong at Gwanghwamun Square in Jongno District, central Seoul, on Monday.
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.
For this year’s Hangeul Design Project, which is in its fourth edition, the National Hangeul Museum in central Seoul decided to reinterpret important historical texts that use hangul from an artistic point of view. Under the theme ...
A choir of children from multicultural families sings at a government ceremony marking the 576th Hangul Day at the National Hangeul Museum in Yongsan District, central Seoul, Sunday.
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.
To celebrate this year's Hangul Day, which fell on Oct. 9, the King Sejong Institute Foundation has created a video of an online Korean language class. The video features three "outstanding students" at the Sejong Institute donned in ...
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 ...
To celebrate Hangul Day, BTS released products with a hangul (the Korean alphabet) font design, the boy band’s agency HYBE said Friday. Hangul Day is a national day that falls on every Oct. 9, when hangul was invented in 1443 by King Sejong...
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