Names on South Korean passports do not have to follow the government's official romanization rules, according to a recent court ruling. In its ruling unveiled Monday, the Seoul Administrative Court ...

The Agency for Cultural Affairs is soliciting public comments about its plans to change romanization rules of the Japanese language for the first time in about 70 years. A subcommittee of the ...

The Agency of Cultural Affairs recently recommended that Kunrei, one of the two competing romanization systems for Japanese, be phased out. The decision is still pending general approval by the ...

A Korean court has ruled that authorities were wrong to deny a passport spelling request simply because it did not conform to the government’s romanization guidelines, saying the policy is not legally ...

The protracted controversy over the country's official Mandarin romanization system was ended yesterday when the Ministry of Education announced that it opted for the Tongyong Pinyin System (通用拼音).

Sometimes the wheels of Japanese government turn slowly. Very, very slowly. As an example, way back in 1954 the cabinet of Japan said “Hey, everybody, please use the Kunrei romanization system for ...

The Korean language felt like home — until I saw it written in English. By Alex Sujong Laughlin I was born in the United States, but raised by my Korean mother, who exposed me to her language early ...

Quietly, ever so quietly, displeasure with the current Romanization system of Korean is seeping into the news. The issue stands with Chinese characters as the most contested Korean-language issue of ...

Educators in Japan are calling for unification of the country's two main styles of romanization, saying that teaching children both styles is confusing. The call comes as Japan plans to teach ...

Dreamcatcher’s Gahyeon has changed the official romanization of her name. On July 21, Dreamcatcher Company announced that Gahyeon would now be spelling her name as “Gahyun” from here on out. (The ...