Hangul

The Korean alphabet, known in South Korea as Hangul (sometimes transcribed Hangeul) and as Chosŏn'gŭl/Chosŏn Muntcha in North Korea and China, is the alphabet that has been used to write the Korean language since the 15th century. It was created during the Joseon Dynasty in 1443 by king Sejong the great. Now, the alphabet is the official script of both South Korea and North Korea, and co-official in the Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture of China's Jilin Province. In both South and North Korea, Hangul is used solely to write Korean language as using Hanja (Chinese characters) in typical Korean writing had fallen out of common usage during the late 1990s.