Hangul Office () is a proprietary word processing application published by the South Korean 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 () 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 near bankruptcy 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) 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) References External links Communications in South Korea Windows word processors Linux word processors MacOS word processors 1989 software