An Alphabet For Everyone?

The creation and history of hangul, the Korean alphabet, is fascinating in and of itself ("among the most phonologically faithful writing systems in use today").  It gets better (worse?) when it comes to modern intrigue surrounding existing artifacts of its creation:

"The Cultural Heritage Administration (CHA) can finally raid the home of Bae Ik-gi, the man who has held and concealed the nationally treasured document 'Huminjeongeum' for the past 11 years. On July 11, The Supreme Court dismissed Bae’s appeal asking the court to stop the CHA from carrying out a forcible extraction. In short, the Supreme Court ultimately ruled that the ownership rights of the Haerye segment of the 'Hunminjeongeum,' which Bae has been hiding, belong to the administration, giving the CHA the green light to take the 'Hunminjeongeum' from Bae by force.

But, the organization is pessimistic that Bae will hand over the 'Hunminjeongeum' despite court’s ruling."

It's a priceless artifact, and its authenticity has been verified.  But the story around this copy of the manuscript is straight out of a Nic Cage movie.

It's also worth noting that Koreans are a bit more sensitive to these issues since so many other national treasures were stolen during the Japanese occupation.