South Korea's alphabet enabled the general population to use it.
Hangul enabled anyone in the general Korean population to easily learn to read and write and transfer written information rather than spending years learning complicated ancient Chinese.
In South Korea , Hangul is used primarily to write the Korean language , as using Hanja -LRB- Chinese characters -RRB- in typical Korean writing had fallen out of common usage during the late 1990s.
The Korean alphabet , known as Hangul in South Korea -LRB- also transcribed Hangeul -RRB- and as Chosŏn ` gŭl / Chosŏn Muntcha in North Korea is the alphabet that has been used to write the Korean language since the 15th century.
