It was an unexpected "1+1." On the 20th of last month, Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Chae Hwi-young reported the "Review Plan for Additional Installation of Hangul Plaque at Gwanghwamun" to ...

In film and television, historical dramas have never gone out of style. Fans of period dramas, both in Korea and abroad, like to be transported to a different time and learn about the stories that ...

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 ...

Hangul Day is a national Korean commemorative day marking the invention and proclamation of Hangul, the Korean alphabet. The event was attended by some 1,200 participants, including senior government ...

If you’ve ever stood in front of Gwanghwamun, the main gate of Gyeongbokgung Palace, you’ve likely looked up at the massive wooden nameboard perched high above the crowds. To the untrained eye, it ...

The wild hangul is fast losing its habitat as industrialisation, militarisation and human intervention threatens its habitat and numbers. | Mohammad Dawood On the foothills of the Himalayas, covered ...

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 ...

The biennial population census of the unique Kashmiri royal stag, vernacularly known as the Hangul, has shown a marginal increase in its population, but has indicated a skewed male-female and ...

Hangul or Kashmir Stag is the only surviving subspecies of Elk (Cervus Canadensis) which is native to Kashmir. At the beginning of the 20th century, it existed in thousands and lived in groups of 2 to ...