Hangeul

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[Fluent Fools] King Sejong and the Invention of the Korean Script

Posted byby MinJu Park
October 5, 2022
24 minute read

Episode Description In this episode, I speak with Dr. Young-Key Kim-Renaud, a theoretical linguist and Professor Emeritus at George Washington University, on King Sejong the Great and his invention, the…

An illustration of King Sejong the Great

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- Joseon Dynasty

The History of Hangeul ?

Posted byby MinJu Park
October 9, 2020
2 minute read

October 9 is Hangeul Day (한글날) in Korea. In Joseon Korea, literacy was a symbol of class. Only the Yangban aristocracy could afford to spend years memorizing thousands of Chinese…