King Sejong statue to go up in Uzbek capital Posted : 2021-07-16 10:03 A King Sejong statue in central Seoul / Korea Times file A statue of King Sejong, the inventor of the Korean alphabet, Hanguel, will go up in Uzbekistan's capital as part of a cultural exchange between two local districts. The office of Seocho Ward in southern Seoul said Thursday it signed a memorandum of understanding with the office of Mirabad district in central Tashkent on promoting ties between the two regions. In celebration of the agreement, the two districts will each construct a statue of a historical figure from the other country.