Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation Subsidiaries

	Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation Subsidiaries Munhwa (Hangul: 문화, Hanja: 文化) means culture in Korean. It may refer to: * Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation, one of the leading South Korean television and radio networks. * Munhwa Ilbo, a daily newspaper in South Korea. * Munhwa Ryu, one of the great aristocratic houses of Goryeo and Joseon dynasty. * Munhwaŏ (North Korean standard language North Korean standard language or () is the North Korean standard version of the Korean language. Munhwaŏ was adopted as the standard in 1966. The adopting proclamation stated that the Pyongan dialect spoken in the North Korean capital P ... ), the North Korean standard version of the Korean language. {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Hangul The Korean alphabet, known as Hangul, . Hangul may also be written as following South Korea's standard Romanization. ( ) in South Korea and Chosŏn'gŭl in North Korea, is the modern official writing system for the Korean language. The letters for the five basic consonants reflect the shape of the speech organs used to pronounce them, and they are systematically modified to indicate phonetic features; similarly, the vowel letters are systematically modified for related sounds, making Hangul a featural writing system. It has been described as a syllabic alphabet as it combines the features of alphabetic and syllabic writing systems, although it is not necessarily an abugida. Hangul was created in 1443 CE by King Sejong the Great in an attempt to increase literacy by serving as a complement (or alternative) to the logographic Sino-Korean ''Hanja'', which had been used by Koreans as its primary script to write the Korean language since as early as the Gojoseon period (spanni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Hanja Hanja (Hangul: ; Hanja: , ), alternatively known as Hancha, are Chinese characters () used in the writing of Korean. Hanja was used as early as the Gojoseon period, the first ever Korean kingdom. (, ) refers to Sino-Korean vocabulary, which can be written with Hanja, and (, ) refers to Classical Chinese writing, although "Hanja" is also sometimes used to encompass both concepts. Because Hanja never underwent any major reforms, they are mostly resemble to ''kyūjitai'' and traditional Chinese characters, although the stroke orders for some characters are slightly different. For example, the characters and as well as and . Only a small number of Hanja characters were modified or are unique to Korean, with the rest being identical to the traditional Chinese characters. By contrast, many of the Chinese characters currently in use in mainland China, Malaysia and Singapore have been simplified, and contain fewer strokes than the corresponding Hanja characters. In Japan, s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Korean Language Korean ( South Korean: , ''hangugeo''; North Korean: , ''chosŏnmal'') is the native language for about 80 million people, mostly of Korean descent. It is the official and national language of both North Korea and South Korea (geographically Korea), but over the past years of political division, the two Koreas have developed some noticeable vocabulary differences. Beyond Korea, the language is recognised as a minority language in parts of China, namely Jilin Province, and specifically Yanbian Prefecture and Changbai County. It is also spoken by Sakhalin Koreans in parts of Sakhalin, the Russian island just north of Japan, and by the in parts of Central Asia. The language has a few extinct relatives which—along with the Jeju language (Jejuan) of Jeju Island and Korean itself—form the compact Koreanic language family. Even so, Jejuan and Korean are not mutually intelligible with each other. The linguistic homeland of Korean is suggested to be somewhere in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation (MBC; ) is one of the leading South Korean television and radio broadcasters. ''Munhwa'' is the Sino-Korean word for "culture". Its flagship terrestrial television station MBC TV broadcasts as channel 11. Established on 2 December 1961, MBC's terrestrial operations has a nationwide network of 17 regional stations. Although it operates on advertising, MBC is a public broadcaster, as its largest shareholder is a public organization, the Foundation of Broadcast Culture. MBC consists of a multimedia group with one terrestrial TV channel, three radio channels, five cable channels, five satellite channels and four DMB channels. MBC is headquartered in Digital Media City (DMC), Mapo District, Seoul and has the largest broadcast production facilities in Korea including digital production centre Dream Center in Ilsan, indoor and outdoor sets in Yongin Daejanggeum Park. History Radio era (1961-1968) Launching the first radio broadcast signal (ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Munhwa Ilbo ''Munhwa Ilbo'' is a daily newspaper in South Korea. It was established in August 1990, and printed its first issue on 1 November 1991. History ''Munhwa Ilbo'' was formerly owned by the Hyundai; however, Hyundai relinquished their control of the newspaper after the 1997 Asian Financial Crisis, at the same time as their competitor Hanwha gave up its own daily, the ''Kyunghyang Shinmun''. ''Munhwa Ilbo'' was Hyundai's first target for separation as it begin trying to slim down its vast business empire; the divestiture was part of a larger trend at the time of ''chaebol'' selling off non-core assets and reducing excessive diversification. The newspaper was officially established as a separate financial entity in May 1998. They opened an online edition in May 1997. Since April 2005, they have had a partnership for sharing of news content and photographs with ''No Cut News''. Incidents In January 2002, ''Munhwa Ilbo'' began to publish a serial novel ''Gangan Namja'' (강안남자) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Munhwa Ryu The Munhwa Ryu clan or Munhwa Yu clan of Korea (Korean: 문화 류씨 or 문화 유씨, Hanja: 文化柳氏) is one of the great aristocratic houses of Goryeo and Joseon dynasty. Munhwa is the name of the clan seat, a township in modern-day Sinchon County, Hwanghae province, North Korea. The surname "Ryu" comes from the character meaning willow tree. Hence, the lineage is also called "willow Ryu" (버들 류씨). In the early tenth century AD the clan's progenitor Ryu Cha-dal (류차달, 柳車達) was instrumental in defeating subversive forces and reuniting the kingdom under a new regime, the Goryeo dynasty (고려왕조; 918–1392). For his loyalty and service King Taejo rewarded Ryu with estates and the title "helper in great victory" (대승공, 大丞公). Until recently, it was thought that the Cha clan (차, 車) shared the same lineage as the Munhwa Ryu clan. However, historians have proven that this was in fact an error. There are around 300,000 individuals in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]