{"id":1819,"date":"2020-10-09T14:19:35","date_gmt":"2020-10-09T20:19:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.songdoibdcitytalk.com\/blog\/?p=1819"},"modified":"2020-10-09T14:35:31","modified_gmt":"2020-10-09T20:35:31","slug":"digitization-of-hangul-native-korean-language-script","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.songdoibdcitytalk.com\/blog\/digitization-of-hangul-native-korean-language-script\/","title":{"rendered":"Digitization of Hangul"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>October 9 is a National Holiday in South Korea\u2014Hangul Day.&nbsp;&nbsp;This digitization of Hangul commentary will provide some insights into not only Korea but their native written language.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">The Hidden Driver of Korea\u2019s Economic Success<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Dr. Peter Wonsok Yun and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.songdoibdcitytalk.com\/blog\/general\/author-don-southerton-releases-new-publication-on-hyundai-and-kia-motors\/\">Don Southerton<\/a>, October 2020<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"839\" src=\"https:\/\/www.songdoibdcitytalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/hangul-1024x839.jpg\" alt=\"Digitization of Hangul, Native Korean Language Script\" class=\"wp-image-1820\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.songdoibdcitytalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/hangul-1024x839.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.songdoibdcitytalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/hangul-300x246.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.songdoibdcitytalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/hangul-768x629.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.songdoibdcitytalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/hangul-1536x1258.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.songdoibdcitytalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/hangul.jpg 1637w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Digitization of Hangul&#8211;we often see terms like \u201cMiracle on the Han,\u201d that highlight South Korea\u2019s economic rise after decades of harsh Japanese colonial rule and then 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. In particular, the main contributions to this success story include the nation\u2019s emphasis on higher education, as well as the role of government and private investment in innovation, technology, and R&amp;D.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Looking deeper, what may be missed is the impact of digitizing the native written language Hangul. Crafted in the mid 15<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;century during the reign of King Sejeong. Hangul linguistically is seen as a very logical and structured written language script.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Inspired by a vision to make Korea information independent<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jumping forward, it was in the early 1990s that a local Korean company, today\u2019s Hancom Group, successfully developed a native word processing program for the Korean&nbsp;language.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As&nbsp;Hangul was created so that the common people&nbsp;could accurately and easily read and write the Korean language, so too, the word processing software allowed Koreans to communicate digitally.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/office.hancom.com\/about\/history\/\">https:\/\/office.hancom.com\/about\/history\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Although the Hangul word processing software grew in popularity, by 1998, the company nearly went bust, even though it was considered a national treasure: the Asian Financial Crisis and software piracy had brought the company to its knees.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rival Microsoft which had only about 15% market penetration in office software at the time in Korea, offered $20 million to Hancom to stop producing its software and instead resell Microsoft&#8217;s localized Word program.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For a small investment, Microsoft would have wiped out their main competitor in Korea, one of the few countries in the world that had still resisted wide adoption of Microsoft&#8217;s office suite.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When the news of the proposed deal offering surfaced, Koreans united in a national fervor and raised over $10 million through a campaign to save the company.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition, the company\u2019s near-bankruptcy brought the issue of software piracy under the spotlight. As a result, Koreans began to pay for their software and more began to adopt and use the Hangul software in Korea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>An Economic Driver<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With the rise of globalization, and Korea as a nation leapfrogging economically, experts attribute much of the growth to the streamlining of both government policy and regulations. This was possible with a universally accepted digitalized Hangul well suited to the E-Government transfer of information. E-Government refers to a government that uses technological communications devices, such as computers and the Internet, to provide public services in a country or region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This has also given Korea a strong competitive advantage\u2014data management critical in the digital age.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Looking forward, South Korea today is at the forefront of AI and Cloud-based technology. 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