Revised Romanization of Korean 국어의 로마자 표기법

Gugeoui romaja pyogibeop · from Korean

What is Revised Romanization of Korean?

Revised Romanization is South Korea's official system for writing Korean in Latin letters since 2000, without diacritics or apostrophes.

It replaced McCune-Reischauer, which used breves and apostrophes (Pusan, P'yŏngyang). That is why the city is now Busan and the food is officially gimchi, though kimchi stuck in English. North Korea still uses a McCune-Reischauer variant.

Examples

부산 Busan (formerly Pusan); 한글 Hangeul; 김치 gimchi (kimchi); 서울 Seoul

Kungfucius says: Seoul changed how it spells Busan in 2000. Kimchi refused to change for anyone.