Whenever feeling down in her studies, Gulperi Kucukkaraca would wield her pen and craft her favorite Korean word in cursive on a white sheet of paper: 꿈. The small ritual served as a guiding light, ...
(ATR) The PyeongChang 2018 pictograms for the Winter Olympic and Paralympic sports utilize inspiration from the Korean language. The 24 graphic images released today by the PyeongChang 2018 Organizing ...
The National Hangeul Museum, which exhibits artifacts and artwork related to hangeul, the Korean alphabet, opened in Yongsan next to the National Museum of Korea on “Hangeul Day” ― Oct. 9. Hangeul Day ...
October 9 marks Hangeul Day, the day Korea celebrates the invention and proclamation of the Korean alphabet, Hangeul, in 1446 by King Sejong the Great (r. 1418-1450). For the upcoming Hangeul Day, ...
Even for those who have not heard the name Barbara Kruger, her trademark white-on-red text bars in Futura Bold Oblique font in the pieces "Your body is a battleground" or "I shop therefore I am" might ...
South Korean exports are world-renowned among those who shop for mobile phones or flat-screen TVs. But the country is offering a different export to a small Indonesian community - its writing system.
SEOUL (THE KOREA HERALD/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) - There was a time when Chinese character calligraphers criticised Hangeul calligraphy for being "too unsophisticated." Luckily, a few calligraphers ignored ...