Hangeul Day (한글날 – 9 October) marks the invention and proclamation of Hangeul by the Joseon Dynasty’s King Sejong. This national holiday is a celebration of the Korean alphabet and so this year we ...

Many people know hangeul, the Korean alphabet, was invented under the reign of King Sejong (1397-1450). But few might know the term hangeul was coined by Korean linguist Ju Si-gyeong in 1910s. The ...

FAIRBANKS — It looks harmless because it’s just a horizontal line, but the Korean letter “ — “ (pronounced eu) gave me more trouble than any other on my first day of class at the Korean Language ...