Hangul (word processor)

Hangul Office
한글 오피스
Hangul 2010 for Windows
Developer(s) Hancom Inc.
Initial release 1988 (1988)
Stable release
Hangul Office 2018
Operating system Microsoft Windows
macOS
linux[1]
iOS
android
Standard(s) Office Open XML
OpenDocument
Available in Korean
Type Office suite
License Proprietary(except linux)
Website Official website

Hangul Office(Korean: 한글 오피스) is a proprietary word processing application published by the South Korean company Hancom Inc.. Hangul's specialized support for the Korean written language has gained it widespread use in South Korea, especially by the government.

The software's name is derived from the Korean word Hangul (Korean: 한글, hangeul) for the alphabet used to write Korean.

Document formats

Hangul saves documents in Hangul office format, with the filename extension *.hwp.[2] It is one of the standard document formats of the South Korean government. It is widely used for a number of reasons: Koreans require DTP level layout features to word processor, and its unique program can process Middle Korean.

HWP files, up to the versions created with Hangul '97, can be opened with OpenOffice.org (version 4.1.1 or earlier[3]) or LibreOffice. However, files created with later editions of Hangul, including Hangul Wordian, Hangul 2002, Hangul 2005 and Hangul 2007 cannot be opened with OpenOffice or LibreOffice, due to the major changes in the document structure. These later versions of Hangul do not provide support for opening and saving of files in Microsoft Word format, but users are not necessarily aware of this. Consequently, Korean Hangul users may often send files to non-Koreans in .hwp format, not realizing the recipient will be unable to open such files.[4]

Hangul was intended in 2009 to gain support for reading and writing of Office Open XML and OpenDocument files.[5]

The HWP binary format specification has been published online free by Hancom on June 29, 2010.[6][7]

Hangul Office in English

Haansoft released "Office 2010 SE" which is an English Edition of Hancom office that includes the following applications:

  • Hanword is a word processor for optimal word processing.
  • Hancell is a spreadsheet Software for efficient data processing and analysis.
  • Hanshow is a presentation software.
  • Hancom Office

Security vulnerabilities

The Talos team of Cisco has reported vulnerabilities in Hangul, which have been exploited by malware dubbed NavRAT.[8]

Hangul Viewer

Haansoft offers a freely available Hangul document viewer program called "Hancom Office Viewer 2010 SE" (한컴오피스 뷰어 2010 SE).

Haansoft near bankruptcy

Haansoft was on the verge of bankruptcy after the release of its 2002 version, due to the widespread use of illegal copies. A campaign to support the development of Korean software and promote the purchase of legal copies of Hangul allowed Haansoft to recover.[9]

Versions

Hangul has many versions, the latest of which is Hangul NEO for Windows, Hangul 2008 Linux for Linux, and Hangul 2014 for Mac.

Previous versions have included:

Windows

  • Hangul 3.0, 3.0a, 3.0b (1995)
  • Hangul 96, International, Japanese (1996)
  • Hangul 97, 97 strengthen, 815 special edition (1998)
  • Hangul Wordian, Hangul for Kids (2000)
  • Hangul 2002 (2001, widely used for government e-document system)
  • Hangul 2004 (2003)
  • Hangul 2005 (2004)
  • Hangul 2007 (2006)
  • Hangul 2010 (2010)[10]
  • Hancom Office 2010 SE(English Edition)
  • Hangul 2014 (2013)
  • Hangul NEO (2016)

macOS

  • Hangul 2006 (2006) : PPC binary
  • Hangul 2014 for Mac (2013)

Linux

  • Hangul X R4 (1999, bundled in Mizi Linux 1 and 1.1)
  • Hangul X R5 (2000, included in Hancom Office 2)
  • Hangul 2008 Linux (2008, included in Hancom Office 2008 Linux)

References

  1. ↑ 2014Viewerolny
  2. ↑ Guerrero-Saade, Juan Andres; Moriuchi, Priscilla (January 16, 2018). "North Korea Targeted South Korean Cryptocurrency Users and Exchange in Late 2017 Campaign". Recorded Future. Archived from the original on January 16, 2018. This campaign leveraged four different lures and targeted Korean-speaking users of the Hangul Word Processor (.hwp file extension), a Korean-language word processing program utilized widely in South Korea.
  3. ↑ Keith N. McKenna (28 October 2015). "Release Notes for Apache OpenOffice 4.1.2". Confluence. Retrieved 30 October 2015. ... The few users who have files in the .hwp format should convert them to ODF using Apache OpenOffice 4.1.1 before upgrading.
  4. ↑ "Sean" (2004-04-15). "opening hwp files in MSword". Eflgeek.com. Archived from the original on 2010-03-10. Retrieved 2013-02-05.
  5. ↑ "Haansoft Supports Open Type Documentation Standard". ZDNet.
  6. ↑ "한글과컴퓨터". Hancom.co.kr. Retrieved 2012-02-21.
  7. ↑ "Another High-Tech Barrier Falls in South Korea", July 2, 2010
  8. ↑ Goodin, Dan (June 1, 2018). "With possible summit approaching, North Korean espionage hacks continue". Ars Technica. On Thursday, members of Cisco’s Talos security team said they recently discovered a new email campaign that attempts to infect South Korean computers with a trojan dubbed NavRAT. The spear phishing messages reference the possible US-North Korean summit and attach a document that exploits a vulnerability in the Hangul Word Processor, which is used in South Korea. Talos said it had medium confidence the emails are the work of a North Korean hacking group they call Group123.
  9. ↑ Hancom Takes Vision of Information Independence to the Globe
  10. ↑ "한컴 오피스, 3월 3일 출시 February 2, 2010". Bloter.net. Retrieved 2012-06-18.
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