Yep. I learned Korean while in the Army at the Defense Language Institute, and I think the simplicity of Hangul makes it amongst the easier of the harder langua

Yep. I learned Korean while in the Army at the Defense Language Institute, and I think the simplicity of Hangul makes it amongst the easier of the harder languages to learn there. One of our instructors was a more conservative, slightly older woman who'd often write down the Hanja (Korean for Chinese characters) behind the Hangul. I mostly rolled my eyes because it seemed too extraneous (and not at all required for the DLPT). Its a dying skill in South Korea from what I know, and obviously not at all well known in the North for obvious reasons.