Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover domestic and world economics from a free-market perspective. This month's four-day North Korean Worker's Party Congress ...
It is an immensely positive sign for the nation that a growing number of foreigners are undertaking the study of the Korean language and Hangeul, the Korean alphabet in the wake of “Hallyu” ― the ...
On the heels of the ever-booming K-wave, Hangeul, the Korean alphabet, is being increasingly employed by both domestic and overseas companies as a unique marketing strategy to promote corporate values ...
Lee Ki-nam learned Hangeul from her grandfather at age 4 or 5 in the late 1930s, but her knowledge of the Korean script was kept a secret outside her home for years. The country was a colony of Japan ...
ON OCTOBER 9th South Koreans celebrate the 567th birthday of Hangul, the country's native writing system, with a day off work. South Korea is one of the few countries in the world to celebrate its ...
BAUBAU: In an eastern Indonesian village, schoolchildren scrawl the distinctive circles and lines of Hangul script on a whiteboard, but the language they are learning is not Korean. It is their own ...
In Suwon, just south of Seoul, city officials are taking steps to make Korean streetscapes look — and read — a little more ...
The past few weeks have gone by in a blur for Singapore-Korean co-produced comedy film “Ajoomma.” In a short span, it had a world premiere at the 27th Busan International Film Festival, earned four ...
Three times in the past year, Assistant Secretary of State James A. Kelly has led a U.S. delegation to meet with North Korean officials. Each time, under instructions from the National Security ...