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You can learn to read Hangul quite quickly: http://www.ryanestrada.com/learntoreadkoreanin15minutes/

Pronouncing it properly (especially the single/double consonants) is another thing entirely.

It took me a bit longer than 15 minutes (maybe a hour or so), but this guide really worked for me when I visited Korea for a week last year. I couldn't really believe it was that simple!

I've taken a similar approach into learning to read Hebrew, and hopefully one day speak it. I'm basically going back to the pictographic Hebrew, before the paleo and learning it from there, each letters an image of something, so it registers quicker, then I learn the modern alongside it. My only issue is I'll eventually have to learn the vowel system introduced by the Masoretes, but at least this is a huge chunk of the battle.

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