Sounds and First Words - The Korea Society
www.koreasociety.org › images › pdfThe Korean alphabet was developed by a team of scholars at the bidding of King Sejong in the 15th cen-tury. King Sejong wanted to bring literacy to the common people, so he asked his scholars to develop an alphabet that would be so simple that a bright person could memorize the sounds of the letters and begin reading in less than half a day ...