Hangul Day
Saturday is a National Holiday in South Korea — Hangul Day. (As this year the holiday falls on weekend, Monday is celebrated a National Holiday, too). Hangul Day commemorates the invention and proclamation of Hangul , the alphabet of the Korean language. This commentary will provide some insights into not only Korea, but their native written language. For a online version see https://seoulz.com/how-the-digitization-of-hangul-contributed-to-koreas-economic-rise/ The Digitization of Hangul, the Native Korean Language Script The Hidden Driver of Korea’s Economic Success We often see terms like “Miracle on the Han,” that highlight South Korea’s economic rise after decades of harsh Japanese colonial rule and then the devastation of the Korean War. With onl y determination and its people as resources, Korea became one of the world’s top industrial, export-driven economies. In particular, the main contributions to this success story include the nation’s emphasis on higher edu...