{"id":157034,"date":"2025-10-08T14:16:43","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T20:16:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.songdoibdcitytalk.com\/blog\/?p=157034"},"modified":"2025-10-08T14:16:43","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T20:16:43","slug":"thursday-october-9-2025-kst-is-a-national-holiday-in-south-korea-hangul-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.songdoibdcitytalk.com\/blog\/thursday-october-9-2025-kst-is-a-national-holiday-in-south-korea-hangul-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Thursday October 9, 2025 (KST) is a national holiday in South Korea\u2014Hangul Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ecp.yusercontent.com\/mail?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmiro.medium.com%2Fmax%2F558%2F1*60YihiUW-ei2HAkLC0IUjg.jpeg&amp;t=1759954430&amp;ymreqid=93ec566e-d276-8e65-1cdb-cf0004018b00&amp;sig=dBBF8c3BwGdXHKtB2rJk5w--~D\" alt=\"Thursday October 9, 2025 (KST) is a national holiday in South Korea\u2014Hangul Day\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hangul Day commemorates the invention and proclamation of\u00a0Hangul, the alphabet of the Korean language.\u00a0My 2023 commentary, in collaboration with Dr. Wonsok Yun, offers insights into Korea and its native written language. South Korea today is at the forefront of AI, cloud-based technology, and smart city development. They benefit greatly from Korea\u2019s digitalization modeled on Hangul.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-grid wp-container-core-group-is-layout-9d260ee2 wp-block-group-is-layout-grid\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong style=\"font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-style: normal; white-space: normal;\">See:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brandinginasia.com\/the-digitization-of-hangul-the-native-korean-language-script\/\"><i>The Digitization of Hangul, the Native Korean Language Script<\/i>z: The Hidden Driver of Korea\u2019s Economic Success<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.songdoibdcitytalk.com\/blog\/Songdo%20IBD,%20Songdo,%20New%20Songdo%20IBD,%20Songdo%20International%20Business%20District,Gale%20International,%20Don%20Southerton\/don-southerton-author\/\">Don Southerto<\/a>n and Dr. Wonsok Yun<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We often hear terms like \u201cMiracle on the Han,\u201d highlighting South Korea\u2019s economic rise after decades of harsh Japanese colonial rule and the devastation of the Korean War.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With only determination and its people as resources, Korea became one of the world\u2019s top industrial, export-driven economies. 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