Hunminjeongeum recognized as UNESCO Memory of the World. Hangeul's systematic genius acknowledged as world heritage.

Liberation. Korean language education restored. Hangeul becomes the official script of a sovereign Korea once more.

Japanese colonial suppression. Korean language banned in schools. Hangeul scholars imprisoned. The script survives underground.

Hunminjeongeum promulgated. The systematic alphabet is revealed to the people: "so that all may learn to write with ease."

King Sejong completes the design. From five root shapes and three cosmic elements, an entire writing system is computed.