Hancom Inc. (KOSDAQ: 030520) is an office suite software developer in South Korea. 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. 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.
On May 27, 2020, Hancom Group announced the unveiling of the latest version of Hancom Office.
Hancom Office
Hancom's Office Suite remains the company's main product. The suite is available in English and Korean.
List of products
Current products
- 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
- Documen
- HanArum - office products
- HanGrim - vector drawing program
- Hangul Print - printing program
- HanMaek - Hangul I/O program
- HanTeX - Hangul TeX program
- NetHangul
References
External links
- 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
- Hancom launches AI-dea Crew to embed AI learning across workforce - 2026.02.06 chosun biz, Lee Kyung-tak
- HancomâÂÂs AI assistant earns TTAâÂÂs AX certification - 2026.02.12 The Korea Times, Lee Gyu-lee
- Hangul and Computer (hereinafter referred to as Hancom) announced on the 19th that it has signed a contract with Cyberlinks - 2026.02.19 Maeil Business Newspaper, KIM Daekey
- Hancom evolves into AI orchestration company - 2026.02.23 Digital Today, Chi-gyu Hwang
- CORTIS Teams Up with Hancom, Previews New Track in Typing Game - 2026.02.26 Dipe, ymchoi
- Hancom signs agreement with National Library for the Disabled - 2026.03.09 Digital Today, Chi-gyu Hwang
- Hancom launches OpenDataLoader PDF v2.0, touts top open-source benchmark - 2026.03.12 chosun biz, Lee Kyung-tak
- Hancom sees 11-fold surge in users of 'Acid Rain' game after collaboration with Cortis - 2026.03.12 Maeil Business Newspaper, Seunghun Ji
- Hancom launches Hongdae pop-up for Hancom Typist fans in Seoul - 2026.03.20 chosun biz, Lee Kyung-tak
- Hancom's Open Data Loader PDF v2.0 Tops GitHub Trending - 2026.03.23 Seoul Economi Daily, Lee Jin-seok