한글 (Hangeul):

THE KOREAN
LANGUAGE
Presented by:
Daphne Queenever Balatayo
한글 (Hangeul ) – South Korea

Is a writing system for the Korean language

created by King Sejong the Great in 1443. It is
translated as “Great Script”/ “Proper sounds for the
education of the people”

조선글 (Chosongeul ) – North Korea

Chosongul, is adopted from Chinese.
However, they do not use Chinese characters in the
newspaper and publications. In North Korea there is
also a rule not to say western words.
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한국 (Hanguk) –KOREA

 Located between China and Japan

 Continuous cultural and geopolitical interactions with China and Japan
 Korean language is considered “language isolate”, a natural language with no
demonstrable genealogical relationship with other languages; others note possible links to
Altaic, or Japanese
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태극기 (Taegukgi) – Korean Flag

• White background which represents peace and unit.

• A red and blue Taeguk, which is a red and blue Taiji yin and yang
symbol in the center, represents the balance of the universe
• And four black triagrams which represents the heaven (kun), earth (kon),
water (kam), and fire (yi)
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• South Korea has come a long way since The Korean War which ended in 1953. Seoul Olympic Park, located in the
capital city of Seoul, preserves the spirit of the 1988 Summer Olympics
• South Korea boasts one of the world’s largest international airports, the third largest subway system and the third
fastest land train, the KTX, carrying people from one end of Korea to the other in less than 3 hours at speeds in
excess of 360km/hour – Transportation in Korea.
• Per capital, South Korea has the highest number of broadband internet users in the world; a token to its
achievement as a high-tech economy. South Korea is also the world’s largest cargo ship builder which is part of
the reason why Korea is now one of the world’s 12 biggest economies.
• Korean GDP ranked No. 12 in the world. As of 2009, South Korea is the world's eighth largest exporter. Well
known Korean brands include Samsung, Hyundai, LG, and Kia motors.
 INTRODUCTION OF COUNTRY
• South Korea has come a long way since The Korean War which ended in 1953. Seoul Olympic Park, located in the
capital city of Seoul, preserves the spirit of the 1988 Summer Olympics
• South Korea boasts one of the world’s largest international airports, the third largest subway system and the third
fastest land train, the KTX, carrying people from one end of Korea to the other in less than 3 hours at speeds in
excess of 360km/hour – Transportation in Korea.
• Per capital, South Korea has the highest number of broadband internet users in the world; a token to its
achievement as a high-tech economy. South Korea is also the world’s largest cargo ship builder which is part of
the reason why Korea is now one of the world’s 12 biggest economies.
• Korean GDP ranked No. 12 in the world. As of 2009, South Korea is the world's eighth largest exporter. Well
known Korean brands include Samsung, Hyundai, LG, and Kia motors.
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Korean Wave (Hallyu): Korean Cultural Export Since Early 1990s

 The Korean Wave (Hallyu, 한류 , 韓流 ) refers to the increased popularity of South

Korean culture around the world since 1990s. The term was coined in China in mid-1999 by
Beijing journalists surprised by the fast growing popularity of South Koreans and South Korean
goods in China. South Korea is among the world's top ten cultural exporters and the Korean
wave began with the export of Korean TV dramas such as “Autumn Fairy Tale”, “Winter
Sonata”, “Dae Jang Geum” (Jewel in the Palace), and “Princess Hours” across East and
Southeast Asia. The growing success of Korean dramas was soon matched by Korean movies,
popular music, food and language. While popular throughout Asia, the Korean Wave's influence
is most visible in China, Japan and Southeast Asia, spreading to the Middle East and Russia.
Korean Alphabet: Hangul
 October 9 is Hangul Day. Hangul which was called ‘hunminjeongeum’when it was
invented in 1443 and published in 1446. Before the invention of hangul, Korea didn’t have their
own characters to write their own language so they borrowed Chinese characters to express Korean.
As a result, it was so inconvenient because Chinese characters were not enough or so different from
Korean that it was difficult to express Korean fully. In order to solve this problem, King Sejong and
his researchers invented hunminjeongeum which is now known as hangul which literally means ‘the
proper sounds for the education of the people. However hangul was not widely used because of the
strong opposition of the aristocrats of Korea who insisted on writing ‘hanja’ the Chinese characters.
They probably saw hangul as a possible threat to their status because hangul designed so that even
commoners could learn to read and write. Only in the late dynasties of Joseon, researches of hangul
has been made and finally after the independence of the colonial rule hangul was officially taught
and learned in Korea. Written Korean is also unique, using a phonetic system called Hangul. It
stacks sounds into blocks that represent syllables, and its consistency means it’s fairly easy to pick
up.