In an Indonesian village, schoolchildren are learning the Cia-Cia language using the Hangul script. The syllable-based Cia-Cia language, spoken by the Cia-Cia ethnic group in Baubau, does not have a ...

A student pointing to lines of Hangul script as a class of Cia-Cia children learn their Indigenous language at Hendea Elementary School. — ©2024 The New York Times Company EXCITED chatter filled the ...

BAUBAU — In an eastern Indonesian village, schoolchildren scrawl the distinctive circles and lines of Hangul script on a whiteboard, but the language they are learning is not Korean. It is their own ...

ON OCTOBER 9th South Koreans celebrate the 567th birthday of Hangul, the country's native writing system, with a day off work. South Korea is one of the few countries in the world to celebrate its ...