Introduction

Out of alll the languages I want to learn I spend the most time with Korean. I decided to start learning the alphabets of any language that interested me. It only took one day to learn the Korean characters. For some reason I was drawn to this language. I have always been intrigued by asian cultures, religions and martial arts. In the past I wanted to learn Chinese or Japanese. I imagine their characters are very intimidating. Hangul seemed more simplistic. King Sejong established a scientific way to read and write their language. I suppose he has alot to do with the reason I connected with Hangul. Also back in high school one of my skateboarding friends was Korean.

ㄱ (ㄲ), ㄴ, ㄷ (ㄸ), ㄹ, ㅁ, ㅂ (ㅃ), ㅅ (ㅆ), ㅇ, ㅈ (ㅉ), ㅊ, ㅋ, ㅌ, ㅍ, ㅎ = Consonants
ㅏ(ㅐ, ㅒ), ㅑ, ㅓ (ㅔ, ㅖ), ㅕ, ㅗ (ㅘ, ㅙ, ㅚ), ㅛ, ㅜ (ㅝ, ㅞ, ㅟ), ㅠ, ㅡ (ㅢ), ㅣ= Vowels

They stack on each other like this:

한국 = HanGuk (Korea)
한글 = HanGul (Korean alphabet)
안녕하세요 = Ahn Young Ha Sae Yo (Polite Hello)
안녕 = Ahn Young (Hello)
감사합니다 = Kahm Sa Ham Ni Da (Polite Thank You)
고마워 = Goh Mah Woh (Thanks)
너 사랑해 = Noh Sarang Hae (I Love you)
미안해 = Mee Yan Hae (I'm Sorry)

I will venture further into this when I gather my materials. I have a few links with me now. They are not in any paticular order. If you do not know how to pronounce the Korean/Hangul alphabet, I would suggest going here first: http://langintro.com/kintro/ as i will not be posting anymore pronounciation in english as I don't want to be dependent on it. Using that site, it took me less than two hours to learn Hangul.

Learn Korean
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http://langintro.com/kintro/
http://www.wright-house.com/korean/korean-language.html
http://www.learnlangs.com/RWP/Korean/index.htm
http://wikisource.org/wiki/List_of_Hangul_syllables
http://rki.kbs.co.kr/learn_korean/lessons/e_index.htm
http://www.learnkorean.com/
http://www.mct.go.kr/hangeul/
http://groups.msn.com/Learn-Korean/introduction.msnw
http://www.interedu.go.kr/
http://korean.sogang.ac.kr/
http://www.learn-korean.net/
http://www.arts.monash.edu.au/korean/
http://www.language.berkeley.edu/Korean/1
http://www.language.berkeley.edu/Korean/10
http://angli02.kgw.tu-berlin.de/Cho/articles/Internet_01/
http://learnkorean.elanguageschool.net/
http://www.learnkoreanlanguage.com/learn-korean-beginners.html
http://www.koreainfogate.com/tutor/tutor.asp
http://www.zkorean.com/hangul.shtml
http://learn-korean.info/
http://korean.paperwindow.com/forum/
http://hompi.sogang.ac.kr/korean/
http://www.win2korea.com/gateway1/en/list.htm
http://www.lsa.umich.edu/asian/korean/intermediate/index.htm
http://languagelab.bh.indiana.edu/korean401-402.html#1-3
http://www.bridgeport.edu/Indexhtml/Centers/Disted/crsmaterials/korn101/index.html
http://english.tour2korea.com/02Culture/KoreanLanguage/learn_korean_language.asp?kosm=m2_9&konum=1
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Korean
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_Language
http://hangulforest.com/vowel_e.htm
http://www.korean-edu.com/
http://www.indiana.edu/%7Ekoreanrs/hangul.html
http://www.indiana.edu/%7Ekoreanrs/kordic.html
http://onlinelearning.lingnet.org/Korean/
http://www.languageguide.org/korean/
http://home.unilang.org/main/resources.php?section=introductionorbylanguage&lng=ko
http://www.hawaii.edu/uhpress/realaudio/klear/beg1/
http://www.korea.net/
http://learnkorean.smfforfree.com/index.php
http://sparklingkorean.blogspot.com/
http://korean.paperwindow.com/forum/
http://ezcorean.com/
http://parksguide.blogspot.com/
http://www.genkienglish.net/speakkorean/
http://www.linguanaut.com/english_korean.htm
http://www.likeschool.co.kr/teachers/?file=view01

Tutorial Videos/Flash
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http://www.brendancoyle.com/mapojib/
http://www.k2dream.com/256
http://blog.empas.com/wjsrksp/26259593
http://www.youtube.com/user/xd3qu1n0x
http://www.tudou.com/playlist/Speakorean/
http://www.mct.go.kr/html/koreanLecture/korean_lecture.html
http://www.cgntv.net/child/program.asp?pid=2449

miscVids/animations
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http://crackle.com/c/Shorts/cute/1564702/#ml=fi%3D%26fpl%3D184495%26o%3D12
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7w4Ja1EQWEk
http://www.youtube.com/groups_videos?name=kclass

Hangul/Hanja
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http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Pagoda/1876/hangul.htm
http://neo_hanja_2003.tripod.com/Neohanjapages/neohanja_main.htm
http://www.omniglot.com/writing/korean.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hangul
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanja

korean keyboards/input
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http://www.tobareinne.com/misc/llengua/tokipona/hangul-Vkbd.html
http://www.wandel.person.dk/korean.html
http://www.learnkoreanlanguage.com/need-install.html

flashcards
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http://www.foolsworkshop.com/korean/index.php
http://www.flashcardexchange.com/tag/Korean

Penpals / Language Exchange
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http://www.polyglot-learn-language.com/
http://www.mylanguageexchange.com/
http://www.xlingo.com/
http://www.ggmland.com/lko/
http://www.italki.com/learn-korean.htm
http://www.talkhouse.or.kr

online translators
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http://www.google.com/language_tools
http://free.translated.net/
http://dictionary.reference.com/translate/text.html
http://www.worldlingo.com/en/products_services/worldlingo_translator.html
http://www.systransoft.com/index.html

dictionaries
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http://www.websters-online-dictionary.org/definition/Korean-english/
http://kr.dic.yahoo.com/
http://bluedic.com/
http://dic.impact.pe.kr/
http://www.popjisyo.com/WebHint/Portal_e.aspx
http://www.lingvosoft.com/Korean-English-Dictionary/
http://www.ectaco.co.uk/English-Korean-Dictionary/
http://www.dicts.info/dictlist1.php?k1=212
http://dic.naver.com/
http://endic.naver.com
http://www.dreamwiz.com/n_tl/dic.htm
http://dic.nate.com/eng/
http://engdic.daum.net/dicen/view_top.do
http://www.control.co.kr/dics/

quiz
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http://iteslj.org/v/k/

Misc
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http://www.wikihow.com/Learn-Korean
http://thinkzone.wlonk.com/Language/KoreanName.htm
http://www.uebersetzung.at/twister/ko.htm
http://asianfanatics.net/forum/lofiversion/index.php/t308751.html
http://mini.podics.com/118697332144
http://www.hangul.or.kr
http://www.terms.co.kr/
http://www.hangeul.or.kr/index.htm
http://klpl.re.pusan.ac.kr/
http://www.ganada.org/
http://research.korean.net/
http://jinayang.myweb.uga.edu/portfolio/about_korea.htm
http://www.kidtaja.co.kr/

Working/Traveling in Korea
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http://www.eslteachersboard.com/cgi-bin/korea-info/index.pl
http://www.koreabridge.com/
http://english.visitkorea.or.kr
http://kto.visitkorea.or.kr (look for english link)
http://www.jejuloveland.com/html/eng.html
http://www.learn4good.com/jobs/language/english/list/education/south_korea/

Online Radio Stations
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http://www.multilingualbooks.com/online-radio-korean.html
http://www.rfa.org/korean/
http://tbs.seoul.kr/

tv
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http://multilingualbooks.com/online-tv-korean.html
http://www.cgntv.net/child/program.asp?pid=2449

Email
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http://www.daum.net/

SocialNet
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http://www.koreangeneration.com/
http://iluvkorea.ning.com/

Schools
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http://www.mit.edu/~hansori/mit-korea/mit-korea_koreanclass.htm
http://www.learnkoreannow.com/ (In New York)

Online Paid classes
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http://www.koreanclass101.com

Mailing list
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http://pw2.netcom.com/~gogaku/english/korean.htm

Newspapers
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http://www.chosun.com/
http://www.donga.com/ = (http://www.dongailbo.co.kr/)
http://www.etnews.co.kr/
http://www.hani.co.kr/
http://www.fnnews.com/
http://www.munhwa.com/
http://www.hankooki.com/
http://www.hankyung.com/
http://www.hani.co.kr/
http://www.joins.com/
http://www.kdaily.com/
http://www.khan.co.kr/
http://www.kukinews.com/news/index.asp
http://www.m2000.co.kr/
http://www.mk.co.kr/

http://www.koreaherald.co.kr/ -English
http://times.hankooki.com/ -English
http://www.theseoultimes.com/ -English

http://www.kcna.co.jp/index-k.htm - NKorea
http://www.kcna.co.jp/index-e.htm - NKorea English

blogs
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http://letslearnkorean.com/
http://chaemii.blogspot.com/2006/08/blog-post_13.html
http://www.k2dream.com/
http://www.allblog.net/
http://kr.blog.yahoo.com/huangsy88/folder/1725904.html
http://thekoreanexperience.blogspot.com/
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/archive/index.php/f-469-p-2.html

forums
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http://d-addicts.com/forum/

books
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Let's Speak Korean - John H. Koo
First Step In Korean - Sukja
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Integrated Korean - Cho, Lee, Schulz, Sohn, Sohn
Links to audio files from Integrated Korean:
http://languagelab.bh.indiana.edu/korean101.html
http://www.hawaii.edu/uhpress/realaudio/klear/beg1/
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Making Out In Korean - Peter Constantine
Korean Through English - Sang Oak Lee
Let's Talk In Korean - Pong Kook Lee, Chi Sik Ryu
Colloquial Korean - In Seok Lee
Teach Yourself Korean - Mark Vincent, Jaehoon Yeon
Korean in Plain English - Boye De Mente (*Warning: Does NOT have Hangul Characters*)
한 글 The Korean Language - Hee Seo Park (has about a dozen workbooks)
한국어 2 (Warning: has no English characters)

fonts
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http://www.wazu.jp/gallery/Fonts_Korean.html
http://ssessesse.x-y.net/acsesarymenu/font/hanfont1.htm
http://babel.uoregon.edu/yamada/fonts/korean.html