Are you captivated by K-Pop, immersed in K-Dramas, or dreaming of a trip to South Korea? The very first and most crucial step to unlock the Korean language is to master its incredible writing system: ...

Koreans began writing in Chinese characters in the 14th century. In Korea, these characters, known as "Hanja," are still frequently found, especially on calendars. Writing using Hanja was always ...

When Hanae Kim began teaching Korean nine years ago, most of her students had some kind of personal or family connection to the region. But as South Korean pop culture exports have surged in ...

The Cia-Cia language has been passed down orally for centuries. Now the tribe’s children are learning to write it in Hangul, the Korean script. By Muktita Suhartono Reporting from Baubau, Indonesia ...

South Korea, known for high-profile exports from cars to cell phones, is sending a new product abroad: its alphabet. A tribe from a remote Indonesian island, in danger of losing its culture because it ...

It is one of the more common complaints of schoolchildren. English spelling is a senseless quagmire of silent letters and inconsistent relationships – while those who studied French at school will ...

It wasn’t a person and it wasn’t even a place. It was a language, or more precisely, the beautiful and poetic Korean alphabet known as Hangul. When I landed in South Korea, I had no idea that a series ...