Hangul () is a proprietary word processing application published by the
South Korea
South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the southern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and borders North Korea along the Korean Demilitarized Zone, with the Yellow Sea to the west and t ...
n company
Hancom Inc. Hangul's specialized support for the
Korean written language has gained it widespread use in South Korea, especially by the government. Hancom has published their HWP binary format specification online for free.
The software's name is derived from the Korean word
Hangul
The Korean alphabet is the modern writing system for the Korean language. In North Korea, the alphabet is known as (), and in South Korea, it is known as (). The letters for the five basic consonants reflect the shape of the speech organs ...
for the alphabet used to write Korean. In Korean, the software's name is officially stylised () using the obsolete letter in place of the modern in , and is also frequently referred to as () or ().
Haansoft was on the verge of bankruptcy after the release of its 2002 version, due to the widespread use of illegal copies. A campaign to support the development of Korean software and promote the purchase of legal copies of Hangul allowed Haansoft to recover.
Versions
Previous versions have included:
Windows
* Hangul 3.0, 3.0a, 3.0b (1995)
* Hangul 96, International, Japanese (1996)
* Hangul 97, 97 strengthen, 815 special edition (1998)
* Hangul Wordian, Hangul for Kids (2000)
* Hangul 2002 (2001, widely used for government
e-document system)
* Hangul 2004 (2003)
* Hangul 2005 (2004)
* Hangul 2007 (2006)
* Hangul 2010 (2010)
* Hancom Office 2010 SE (English Edition)
* Hangul 2014 (2013)
* Hangul NEO (2016)
* Hangul 2018 (2017)
* Hangul 2020 (2019)
* Hangul 2022 (2021)
* ThinkFree (2017)
macOS
* Hangul 2006 (2006) : PPC binary
* Hangul 2014 for Mac (2013)
Linux
* Hangul X R4 (1999, bundled in Mizi Linux 1 and 1.1)
* Hangul X R5 (2000, included in Hancom Office 2)
* Hangul 2008 Linux (2008, included in Hancom Office 2008 Linux)
* Hangul 2020 (2019)
* Hangul 2022 (2021)
References
External links
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Communications in South Korea
Windows word processors
Linux word processors
MacOS word processors
1988 software