The Sandoll Cultural Foundation announced on the 21st that it signed a business agreement with the King Sejong Memorial Foundation on the 20th to jointly promote public interest projects for the development of Hangeul and Hangeul fonts.
The Sandoll Cultural Foundation was established in August of last year with a contribution from Sandoll Co., Ltd. to commemorate the will of the late Chairman Seok Geum-ho, the founder of Sandoll, and plans to actively promote public interest projects for the development of Korean culture starting in 2025.
Through this agreement, the Sandol Cultural Foundation and the King Sejong Memorial Society plan to cooperate in various fields related to the development of Hangul. The main areas of cooperation include: △Joint promotion of Hangul font contests, △Discovering and promoting public interest projects for the development of Hangul, and △Projects to strengthen the global status of Hangul.
In particular, this year is the first year that King Sejong’s Birthday (May 15) has been designated as a national holiday, making the collaborative Hangeul-related projects promoted by Sandoll Cultural Foundation and King Sejong Memorial Society even more meaningful. To commemorate this, the two organizations will co-host a Hangeul font contest, and the fonts selected through the contest will be made into actual fonts and distributed nationwide on Hangeul Day, October 9.
Son Yeon-hong, chairman of the Sandoll Cultural Foundation, said, “With this agreement as an opportunity, the Sandoll Cultural Foundation will strive to preserve the cultural pride of Hangeul and Hangeul fonts in line with its founding purpose, and to play a leading role in the development of Hangeul on the global stage.”
Choi Hong-sik, chairman of the Sejong the Great Memorial Society, said, “I hope that the Sejong the Great Memorial Society and the Sandoll Cultural Foundation will work together to promote various cultural and content projects that will allow the new generation to experience the value of Hangeul in a more up-close and realistic way.”
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