[KS] Korean language transliteration system

Cedar Bough Blomberg umyang at gmail.com
Thu Dec 2 08:02:47 EST 2004


I second this.  At my graduate school we are asked to use the new
romanization system, even by professors who simultaneously say they
dislike it.   If the Korean gov't does NOT change the system again
(anytime soon) I expect the new system will replace M-R on all work
done _inside_ of Korea.


On Thu, 2 Dec 2004 11:07:36 +0900, rupert <rupert at aks.ac.kr> wrote:
> Not sure about the US, but despite initial statements of rejection by various people and organisations, there has been a quiet yet real shift towards the new system in South Korea. And not only in official press; some of my students now write their own names as Gim or Bak etc.
> 
> Rupert Atkinson
> AKS
>




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