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Hongik Ingan

Educational motto of South Korea From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Hongik Ingan (Korean: 홍익인간) is the official educational motto of South Korea.[1] The phrase can be translated to English as "To broadly benefit the human world".[2] Hongik Ingan was the founding principle of Gojoseon, the first Korean kingdom, and the first major idea conceptualized by its founding king, Dangun Wanggeom.[3]

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