Hancom
| Company type | Public (KRX: 030520) |
|---|---|
| Industry | Computer software |
| Founded | Oct. 9th, 1990 (Listed on KOSDAQ: Sep. 24, 1996) |
| Headquarters | 10FL. Hancom Tower, 49, Daewangpangyo-ro 644 Beon-gil Sampyeong-dong, Bundang-gu, Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea |
Key people | Byun, Sung-Jun, Kim, Yeon-Soo, CEO |
| Products | Hangul Asianux Hangul Development Library Kit Hancom Read-on |
| Total assets | KRW 716.3 billion (as of June. 2023) |
| Website | www |
Hancom Inc. (KOSDAQ: 030520) is an office suite software developer in South Korea.[1] Established in 1990, the company created Hangul, a native word processing program for the Korean language. The name comes from Korea's native writing system, hangul.
In May 2017 Hancom lost a lawsuit in US Federal Court for violating the GNU GPL license as a consequence of using the source code of PostScript and PDF interpreter Ghostscript.[2] Ghostscript is dual licensed under both the Affero GPL License, or a commercial license. Under the Affero GPL terms, Hancom would be required to open source their code. Alternatively, they could have purchased a license.[3]
On May 27, 2020, Hancom Group announced the unveiling of the latest version of Hancom Office.[4]
Hancom Office
[edit]
Hancom's Office Suite remains the company's main product. The suite is available in English and Korean.
List of products
[edit]Current products
[edit]- Hancom Office Suite
- Hangul - word processor
- HanWord - word processor compatible with Word
- HanCell - spreadsheet program
- HanShow - presentation program
- Hancom Office Hanword
- Hancom Office Hanword Viewer
- Hancom Office 2020 International Version
- Hancom Docs
- Hancom Docs Converter
- Hancom Sign
Discontinued products
[edit]- Documen
- HanArum - office products
- HanGrim - vector drawing program
- Hangul Print - printing program
- HanMaek - Hangul I/O program
- HanTeX - Hangul TeX program
- NetHangul
References
[edit]- ^ Kate Jee-hyung Kim (January 30, 2012). "Hancom Takes Vision of Information Independence to the Globe". koreaittimes.com. Retrieved May 17, 2021.
- ^ "US District Court Rules GNU GPL is an Enforceable Contract". May 14, 2017. Retrieved May 17, 2021.
- ^ "Licensing Artifex Products".
- ^ "South Korea Hancom Group Unveils Hancom Office 2020". PRWeb.
External links
[edit]- Official website
- Hancom registers OpenDataLoader PDF with LangChain standard - 2025.11.03 chosun biz, By Lee Kyung-tak
- Hancom completes nationwide AI seminar tour - 2025.11.28 chosun biz, Lee Kyung-tak
- Hancom earns GS Grade 1 for Office AI package, targets South Korea public sector - 2025.12.01 chosun biz, By Kim Su-jeong
- OpenDataLoader PDF for AI- 2025.12.02 Medium
- Hancom to pilot generative AI at KOMIR to modernize South Korea public administration - 2025.12.04 chosun biz, Lee Kyung-tak
- Hancom embeds AI across all roles to overhaul work processes - 2025.12.08 chosun biz, Lee Kyung-tak
- Hancom to mandate AI agent use across all job functions next year - 2025.12.09 Maeil Business News Korea, Kim Dae-key and Minu Kim
- Hancom Group promotes Song Sang-yeop to president, reshuffles 12 executives - 2025.12.17 chosun biz, Lee Kyung-tak
- Hancom wins deputy prime minister award for AI advances in Korea - 2025.12.19 chosun biz, Lee Jae-eun
