{
  "id": 18076071,
  "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-18076071",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-04T06:07:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/lifestyle/people-events/20261104/korea-certifies-its-1st-official-braille-teachers-century-after-invention"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Exactly a century after Korean braille was created, the country has certified its first group of 20 official braille teachers, marking a significant step in expanding educational access for visually impaired individuals. This achievement fulfills the primary goal of the Braille Act, a landmark legislation passed a decade ago to standardize and enhance braille literacy throughout the nation. The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, alongside the National Institute of Korean Language, announced that these 20 teachers have obtained second-grade braille teacher licenses, a national qualification established when the Braille Act was updated last year.\n\nHangeul Braille Day, commemorated on November 4th, celebrates the introduction of Korean braille on this date in 1926. Bak Du-seong, a teacher in Seoul who worked with blind students during the Japanese colonial period, devised the six-dot braille system. He named it Hunmaengjeongeum, a term reminiscent of Hunminjeongeum, the 15th-century document that introduced Hangeul, the Korean alphabet.",
  "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…",
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  "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."
}