SEOUL, Oct. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – LG Electronics has thrown its support behind an ambitious cultural project that will see the world’s largest Hangeul (Korean alphabet) mural adorning the walls of the Korean Cultural Center New York in Manhattan, the company announced on October 7. The Hangeul Wall Project, a collaboration between artist Kang Ik-Joong and the [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — The U.S. city of Milpitas in California held its 10th annual celebration of Korean Alphabet Day. The Korean Education Center in San Francisco on Sunday (local time) celebrated the 579th anniversary of the creation of the Korean alphabet, called “hangeul,” with support from Milpitas and the city library. Milpitas [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s state-run Korean Cultural Centers overseas will hold various events this month to mark the anniversary of the creation of Hangeul, the Korean writing system. Dozens of overseas Korean Cultural Centers in 27 countries, including the United States, Canada, Russia and Japan, will host various events, such as [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Having a localized name or nickname can be fun for some. Take Dutch football coach Guus Hiddink or Thor actor Chris Hemsworth. Fans here affectionately call them by Korean-sounding nicknames “Hidonggu” and “Hemsiki.” The Seoul Metropolitan Government said Thursday it recently gave honorary Korean names to 11 people from [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul city government said Monday that it has launched a pilot program to give foreigners Korean names as part of efforts to promote the Korean alphabet, hangeul. The program, titled “Korean Names for Non-Koreans,” is available to foreigners who reside overseas and are interested in Korean culture, Park [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — A special exhibition by the National Hangeul Museum kicked off its five-month run Monday to explore the Korean alphabet’s potential as a design motif. The exhibition, “Transformations: Experiments in Hangeul Design,” brought together some 300 creative visual works by 22 Korean designers and design teams. They include graphic design, [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Upcoming South Korean film “The King’s Letters” dramatically captures the revered Joseon King Sejong’s painstaking mission to create an indigenous Korean writing system 600 years ago. Relentless opposition from his elitist underlings and his deepening illness did not stop Sejong the Great, the fourth king of the Joseon Dynasty [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Major foreign fashion brands are employing the Korean alphabet “hangeul” to make bags, t-shirts, scarves and uniforms amid “hallyu,” the growing global popularity of Korean pop culture. Belgian designer Raf Simons has used fabric bearing the words “Gotgam,” meaning dried persimmon, and “Beopseongpo Gulbi,” or dried yellow corvina fish, [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Medals to be awarded at the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics were unveiled Thursday, with the Korean alphabet hangeul as their motif. Presented at a ceremony simultaneously held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City with President Moon Jae-in in attendance, gold, silver and bronze medals, designed [...]
SEOUL, June 7 (Korea Bizwire) – The government said Wednesday that it will set up overseas institutes that offer foreigners Korean language courses and Korean culture activities at six universities in six additional countries. The six universities, designated as the new operators of the King Sejong Institute, are Yancheng Teachers University in China’s Jiangsu Province, [...]