The Korean Alphabet Day, known as Hangeul Day (Korean: 한글날) in South Korea, and Chosŏn'gŭl Day (Korean: 조선글날) in North Korea, is a national Korean commemorative day marking the invention and proclamation of Hangul (한글), the Korean alphabet, by the 15th-century Korean king Sejong the Great. It is observed on October 9 in South Korea and January 15th in North Korea. Excluding the years 1990 to 2012, when the government maximized business days to expedite industrial growth, Hangul Day has been a national holiday in South Korea since 1970.[1]
HangulDay has been a national holiday in South Korea since 1970. October 9 is dedicated to spreading information and use of Hangul. Because Hangul is...
The Korean alphabet, known as Hangul (English: /ˈhɑːnɡuːl/ HAHN-gool; Korean: 한글; Hanja: 韓㐎) in South Korea and Chosŏn'gŭl (조선글; 朝鮮㐎) in North Korea,...
Hangul (Korean: 한글) is the native script of Korea. It was created in the mid fifteenth century by King Sejong, as both a complement and an alternative...
In 2005, HangulDay became the 5th National Celebration day. All the National Celebration Days, Memorial Day (half staff), Armed Forces Day are provided...
greatest rulers in Korean history, and is remembered as the inventor of Hangul, the native alphabet of the Korean language. Initially titled Grand Prince...
Society (Korean: 한글 학회) is a society of hangul and Korean language research, founded in 1908 by Ju Sigyeong. HangulDay was founded in 1926 during the Japanese...
system known today as Hangul. He felt that Hanja was inadequate to write Korean and that caused its very restricted use; Hangul was designed to either...
of the format over Hangŭl exclusivity (hangŭl jŏnyong, Korean: 한글전용; Hanja: 한글專用/韓글專用) are still hotly contested topics to this day in Korea and garners...
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Memorial Day 15 August - National Liberation Day 16 September to 18 September - Chuseok 3 October - National Foundation Day 9 October - HangulDay 25 December...
September 24. The network additionally aired the Season 3 2019 episode, "HangulDay Special", on October 1 as a Chuseok special. On April 1, 2021, South Korean...
language (Hangul) courses and having events on Korean traditional holidays: Chuseok-Korean (Thanksgiving Day), Solnal-Korean (New Year's Day), and Korean...
Yangwon Elementary School (Donggyo-dong) & Daeheung-dong, Mapo-gu, Seoul HangulDay Special 39 October 15 Giant Auxiliary Stadium, Seoul Sports Complex I...
fewer strokes than the corresponding Hanja characters. Although a phonetic Hangul (also known as Chosŏn'gŭl in North Korea) had been promulgated by Sejong...
market for web novels and webcomics. Junior Naver (Hangul: 쥬니어 네이버), also known as Juniver (Hangul: 쥬니버), is a portal website for children considered...
writing the Korean language that uses a mixture of the Korean alphabet or hangul (한글) and hanja (漢字, 한자), the Korean name for Chinese characters. The distribution...
(15th day) Daeboreum celebrates the first full moon of the new year. Traditionally, group of people play a traditional game called Geuybulnori (Hangul: 쥐불놀이)...
"Like Ga, Na, Da" (가나다같이) with a video in celebration of South Korea's "HangulDay". It was a joint production of YGE and Woori Card. On 4 May 2016, they...
Its supposed publication date, October 9, is now "HangulDay" (also known as The Korean Alphabet Day) in South Korea. In Korean wiktionary, the pronunciation...
meters behind the statue of the Admiral Yi Sun-sin. It was dedicated on HangulDay in celebration of the 563rd anniversary of the invention of the Korean...
White Day is celebrated annually on March 14, one month after Valentine's Day, when people give reciprocal gifts to those who gave them gifts on Valentine's...
Moon in the Day (Korean: 낮에 뜨는 달) is a 2023 South Korean television series starring Kim Young-dae, Pyo Ye-jin, On Joo-wan, Jung Woong-in, and Lee Geung-young...
– The first known mention of the Prague astronomical clock. 1446 – The Hangul alphabet is published in Korea. 1594 – Troops of the Portuguese Empire are...
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