Korean romanization: Meaning (information, definition, explanation, facts)

There are three commonly used romanization schemes for Korean, namely:

• Revised Romanization of Korean: official in South Korea since 2000 and quite common on the Internet;
• McCune-Reischauer: official in North Korea and formerly in South Korea, and common in popular literature;
• Yale Romanization: used mainly in academic (linguistic) literature.

In addition to these, many people spell their names or other words in an ad hoc manner, irrespective of any system such as the three listed above. For more details, see .