{
  "id": 18072302,
  "title": "Korea certifies its 1st official braille teachers century after invention",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/04/korea-certifies-its-1st-official-braille-teachers-century-after",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-04T05:32:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times-koreatimes",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/lifestyle/people-events/20261104/korea-certifies-its-1st-official-braille-teachers-century-after-invention"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A century after the invention of Korean braille, the country has certified its first group of 20 officially licensed braille instructors. This significant achievement fulfills a key objective of the Braille Act, enacted a decade ago to enhance braille literacy nationwide. The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, in collaboration with the National Institute of Korean Language, announced that the 20 teachers have obtained second-grade braille teacher licenses, a national qualification established following the revision of the Braille Act last year. The announcement coincided with Hangeul Braille Day, commemorated on November 4, 1926, the day Korean braille was officially released. Bak Du-seong, a teacher who devised the six-dot braille system while Korea was under Japanese colonial rule, named it Hunmaengjeongeum, a term reminiscent of Hunminjeongeum, the 15th-century document that introduced the Korean alphabet, Hangeul.",
  "summary": "Exactly a century after the creation of Korean braille, Korea has certified its first cohort of 20 officially licensed braille instructors — a major step toward expanding educational accessibility for the visually impaired. The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism said Wednesday that the milestone fulfills a core mandate of the nation’s landmark Braille Act, passed a decade ago to formalize…",
  "key_points": [
    "Korea certifies 20 official braille teachers after 100 years.",
    "Braille Act aims to boost braille literacy nationwide.",
    "Teachers receive second-grade braille teacher licenses on Hangeul Braille Day."
  ],
  "editors_take": "The certification of these inaugural instructors transforms the Braille Act from a legislative goal into a practical framework for improving national literacy through standardized professional qualifications.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}