Pop singer Kim Jang - hoon promoted Hangeul in the United States with an event giving out T - shirts emblazed with the Korea alphabet in New York , Wednesday . The event was to celebrate Hangeul Day , which falls on Oct . 9 each year . Kim and Korean students at New York University handed out 600 white T - shirts in Washington Square Park . The T - shirts had two variations ― one lettered with “ nanum , ” a word meaning sharing , and the other with Hangeul , both written in Korean . “ All 600 T - shirts were handed out in 50 minutes . The popularity of the Hangeul T - shirts was explosive , ” Kim wrote on his me 2 day microblog . “ I held an event with NYU students to distribute Hangeul T - shirts for free . Foreigners rushed to get one and loved the calligraphy Korean letters . I think I have to go on with such events . ” “ Students at two design schools are scheduled to join the second T - shirt giveaway in November , ” he added . Kim readily accepted an offer for the event from the Korean students when he gave a special lecture as an invited speaker early this year . Next month , he will give away 1 , 000 T - shirts with different designs at a different place . The 47 - year - old singer also plans an exhibition of Korean fonts for New York graphic designers , a show with Korean students to promote Dokdo as Korean territory , and a “ high - end Korea ” festival . He will give a lecture to Korean students in Toronto , Canada , as a fund raiser for former Korean comfort women , who were taken by Japan to provide sex to its soldiers during World War II . He is also holding a concert in Toronto as part of his North American tour on Saturday . By Chun Sung - woo ( swchun @ heraldcorp . com ) [ Hot News ] ◆ 朴 대통령 아세안 정상회의 서 도 ' 세일즈 외교 ' 주력 ◆ 미국 새 연준 의장 에 재닛 옐런 현 부의장 ◆ 세계 최초 휘 는 화면 스마트폰 ' 갤럭시 라운드 ' 출시 ◆ " 삼성 , 실리콘밸리 서 인수 대상 업체 물색 " ◆ 따뜻 한 의학 드라마 ' 굿 닥터 ' 시청 률 . .. 더 많 은 기사 보 러 가 기 → [ 코리아 헤럴드 홈페이지 ] [ 트위터 ] [ 페이스북 ] 구독 신청 1588 - 0533