According to a recent national study, enrollment in Korean language courses at U.S. colleges and universities showed the largest percentage growth of any foreign language. The Modern Language Assn ...

Teaching Hangul, the Korean alphabet, to Cia-Cia children in Baubau, Indonesia. People trying to preserve the tribe’s spoken language found that the Korean script was a good fit for it. Nyimas ...

A new exhibition and book chart the rise of Modern Korean art through the lens of its pioneers Park Seo-Bo, Kim Tschang-Yeul, and Lee Ufan.

Seo Hee-hwan pioneered his way into the simple and modern Korean letter calligraphy, reinterpreting “Hunminjeongeum,” the 1446 document introducing the Korean alphabet by King Sejong.

Visitors can see historical artifacts and artwork created by modern artists who reinterpret many Hangeul-based themes concerning the invention of the new alphabet. A plaque in the entrance to the ...

Displaying the first typesets of modern Korean alphabet, traditional costumes and ornaments, musical instruments, masks and paintings, pottery items and statues, the arrangement also includes a ...

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 ...