

Haansoft was on the verge of bankruptcy in after the release of its 2002 version, due to the widespread use of illegal copies. 한글, "hangeul") for the alphabet used to write Korean (see the Hangul article for an explanation of the writing system). The software's name, Hangul, is derived from the Korean word ( _ko.

Microsoft Word and Hangul are used alongside each other in many South Korean companies. Hangul's support for the special needs of the Korean written language has gained it widespread use in South Korea. It is used extensively in South Korea, especially by the government. Hangul (also known as Hangul Word Processor or HWP) is a proprietary word processing application published by the South Korean company Haansoft Corporation.

Latest_release_version = Hangul 2008 Linux
