Released the first week of October 2013 is the South Korean "Hangul" Starbucks Card. Now you're probably wondering what these funny designs are, and what is Hangul? Hangul is the Korean alphabet. It was created during the Joseon Dynasty in 1443, and is now the official script of both South Korea and North Korea. In South Korea, Hangul is sometimes augmented by Chinese characters, called hanja, which ‘borrowed' Chinese characters, but pronounced them in a Korean way, whereas in North Korea, hanja is virtually nonexistent. NOTE: The actual color is a bright pink on the Card with some golden diamond angles.
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