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Korean Institute pushing Hangeul alphabet across Asian tribes

Posted under Korea on Thursday, 27 August 2009 by Joop Dorresteijn
I came across an interesting article on the website of the Korean Embassy in the Netherlands. Apparently, a tribe based in Bauer Indonesia has chosen to use Hangeul (Korean writing) as its official writing system. The 60.000 people of the tribe, were about to lose their native language due to...
Korean Institute pushing Hangeul alphabet across Asian tribes

Learn to read and pronounce Korean Hangul in 2 days

Posted under Internet, Korea, Review, asides on Friday, 12 September 2008 by Joop Dorresteijn
You don't need a black belt in Taekwondo to master the Korean language, actually... reading Hangul (Korean writing) is surprisingly easy! That's the main point I am trying to make in this post. While the Korean characters seem complex at first, they are easy to read within one week. Skip the...
Learn to read and pronounce Korean Hangul in 2 days