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A holiday commemorating the creation of the Korean alphabet, Hangul, is being observed Monday, Oct. 9. A linguistic milestone: Hangul Day, also known as Korean Alphabet Day, is an annual celebration of the Korean alphabet's invention and proclamation. Introduced in 1446 by King Sejong, the groundbreaking script was designed to address the complex nature of writing in Korean, previously reliant on Chinese characters.
Hangul has earned international recognition for its logical and phonetic structure
Just 67 North Korean defectors arrived last year. Inter-Korean dialogue and exchange have ground to a halt. Seoul's Unification Ministry has a new, hawkish head who wants to change the agency's role.
The host nation of this year's Group of 20 summit has two official names: India and Bharat. The first was inherited from the country's former British overlords; the other derives from Sanskrit and emanates an ancient sanctity.
A plane is flying to the Philippines, gliding above