The Korean peninsula has long had centuries of deep rooted inferiority complex towards it's bigger neighbours China and Japan. Particularly towards the use of Chinese characters (Hanja) in history. 70% of modern Korean vocabulary comes from Chinese especially nouns, while the rest are from Dravidian languages such as Tamil. Hanja were the sole means of writing Korean until King Sejong invented Hangul in the 15th century. Before only Korean Kings and officials were literate in Hanja as it was too difficult for uneducated commoners. Hangul was introduced to improve the literacy rate of among Koreans and promote national identity. It effectively replaced Hanja in official and scholarly writing only in the 20th century. The decline of Hanja came after the enactment of Park Chung Hee's 5 Year Plan for Hangul Exclusivity in 1968 banning the use and teaching of Hanja in public schools and public sectors.
In recent decades there's has been a back and forth of protests by Koreans whether to reinstate Hanja or ban it completely. Over 400 education professors across the country also released a statement in 2015 to bash the government’s attempt to make Hanja compulsory in education, while a survey conducted by the Korea Teachers and Education Workers’ Union showed that 78 percent of elementary school students opposed it.
Japanese scholars once stated: "We are smarter than Koreans. When you abolish a word, you are not just abolishing a word. You abandon the culture contained in the word and discard the series of jewels behind the word. Chinese culture is a rich treasure. If it is rejected because of the inexplicable patriotic paranoia, what a great loss it would be! Koreans regret it now, but it's too late.''
South Korea is clearly a mental hospital pretending to be a country.
Resources
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanja
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