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Haejo Sinmun
''Haejo Sinmun'' was a daily Korean-language newspaper published in the Korean enclave Shinhanchon, Vladivostok, Russian Empire in 1908. It was the first Korean-language daily newspaper published in Russia. It was the first of a series of Korean-language newspapers produced in Vladivostok that promoted the Korean independence movement. It was followed by the 1908–1910 ''Taedong Kongbo (Vladivostok), Taedong Kongbo'', 1911 ''Taeyangbo'', and 1912–1914 ''Kwonop Sinmun, Kwŏnŏp Sinmun''. History Beginning in the late 19th century, Koreans began migrating out of Korea and into the Russian Far East in search of economic opportunity. These Koreans and their descendents are now known as Koryo-saram. The area became a hotbed for the Korean independence movement, especially against Japan's encroachments into Korean sovereignty. The newspaper was initially organized by Chŏng Sun-man () and financed by Ch'oe Pong-jun (). It was initially meant for the Korean community that had deve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
