Foreign residents take part in a Korean five-line poem contest at Byeongam Seowon, a Confucian academy from the 1392-1910 Joseon Dynasty, in the southeastern city of Daegu on Oct. 7, 2026, two days ahead of the 580th anniversary of the invention of the Korean alphabet, called Hangeul. King Sejong, the dynasty's fourth monarch, invented the Korean alphabet in the 15th century. (Yonhap)
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