In [[South Korea]], Hangul is used alongside [[Chinese characters]], or ''[[Hanja]]'' in Korean. However, in [[North Korea]], only Hangul is used to write Korean as Chinese characters are not allowed in official publications, beacuse they are seen as "bourgeois". | In [[South Korea]], Hangul is used alongside [[Chinese characters]], or ''[[Hanja]]'' in Korean. However, in [[North Korea]], only Hangul is used to write Korean as Chinese characters are not allowed in official publications, beacuse they are seen as "bourgeois". |