
A hangeul party takes place at the Korean Culture Center in Sao Paulo on Oct. 23, 2018. Hangeul is the Korean alphabet. (Yonhap)

A hangeul party takes place at the Korean Culture Center in Sao Paulo on Oct. 23, 2018. Hangeul is the Korean alphabet. (Yonhap)

Calligrapher Kim Dong-wook writes Korean letters at an event at Gwangwhamun Square in Seoul on Oct. 8, 2018 to commemorate Hangeul Day, which falls on Oct. 9. Hangeul is the Korean alphabet. (Yonhap)
This photo released by the Joint Chiefs of Staff on Oct. 8, 2014, shows an officer of the Dongmyeong Unit, a South Korean military contingent serving as U.N. peacekeepers in Lebanon, teaching the Korean alphabet Hangeul to Lebanese college students. The unit will receive the prime minister’s award on Hangeul Day, which falls on Oct. 9. (Photo courtesy of JCS) (Yonhap)
Yelena Shin of Kazakhstan speaks during a Korean speech contest organized by Ewha Woman’s University in Seoul on Oct. 6, 2014. Shin won the grand prize. (Photo courtesy of Ewha Woman’s University) (Yonhap)

Foreigners compete in a Hangul (Korean alphabet) writing contest organized by Yonsei University Korean Language Institute at the private university in western Seoul on Oct. 6, 2014. (Yonhap)