Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover domestic and world economics from a free-market perspective. This month's four-day North Korean Worker's Party Congress ...
It is an immensely positive sign for the nation that a growing number of foreigners are undertaking the study of the Korean language and Hangeul, the Korean alphabet in the wake of “Hallyu” ― the ...
Reporting from Seoul — South Korea, known for high-tech exports such as cars and cellphones, is sending a new product abroad: its alphabet. A tribe on a remote Indonesian island, in danger of losing ...
The past few weeks have gone by in a blur for Singapore-Korean co-produced comedy film “Ajoomma.” In a short span, it had a world premiere at the 27th Busan International Film Festival, earned four ...
As stage-managed and air-brushed as meetings between world leaders have become, the public rarely sees the actual script. So President Bush watched in amusement on Thursday as an aide to South Korean ...
Three times in the past year, Assistant Secretary of State James A. Kelly has led a U.S. delegation to meet with North Korean officials. Each time, under instructions from the National Security ...
Writers and linguists from 15 countries got together in Gyeongju, Gyeongsangbuk-do Province (North Gyeongsang Province), the historic capital of Silla Kingdom (57 B.C. to A.D. 935), broadening their ...
ON OCTOBER 9th South Koreans celebrate the 567th birthday of Hangul, the country's native writing system, with a day off work. South Korea is one of the few countries in the world to celebrate its ...