Alternative Title: Chiphyŏnjŏn
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establishment by Yi dynasty
...of movable-type printing, developed in Korea in 1234, many publications were produced in such fields as medicine, astronomy, geography, history, and agriculture. In 1420 a royal academy called the Hall of Worthies (Chiphyŏnjŏn) was established, where bright young scholars engaged in study and research. In 1443 the Korean phonetic alphabet, Hangul (Korean: ...