Claim: South Korea's alphabet enabled the general population to use it.
Evidence: 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.