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Hongik Ingan
Hangul	홍익인간
Hanja	弘益人間
Revised Romanization	Hongigingan
McCune–Reischauer	Hongigin'gan

Conservatism in South Korea
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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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^ "교육기본법". www.law.go.kr. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
^ "A New Way of Seeing Country Social Responsibility" (PDF). Faculty of Philosophy and Social-Political Sciences. Alexandru Ioan Cuza University: 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 January 2014. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
^ "홍익인간(弘益人間)". Encyclopedia of Korean Culture (in Korean). Retrieved 11 December 2021.
^ Jeong, Young-hun, eds. (2018). AhnHoSang and Dangun-nationalism. KCI dissertation.

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