Having trouble seeing Korean characters?

Viewing Korean characters in your browser

Newer version operating systems and browsers have built-in foreign language ability.  If you have an older version, you may have to change the language setting through the browser, or you may have to install a font package.

• I use Internet Explorer and Windows
• I use a Mac and OS

Internet Explorer / Windows

First, try this:

1. Open Internet Explorer.
2. Click on "View" in the menu bar.
3. Highlight (put the mouse arrow over) "Encoding."
4. Select (click) "Korean (EUC)."

If that doesn’t work, you will have to install the Korean character package:

To install the Korean language fonts you may need your Windows CD. For versions of Windows prior to Windows XP, you may be able to install the package through your Internet Explorer.  (Note: The Korean fonts will only work in Microsoft applications such as Internet Explorer, Microsoft Office and MSN Explorer.)

Windows 95, 98, 98SE, 2000, ME

Option 1:  Add/Remove components from Internet Explorer

1. Click Start - Settings - Control Panel.
2. Double-click on Add/Remove Programs and select Internet Explorer (If this is not an option, go to Option 2, 3 or 4.)
3. A menu will display these selections:  "Add Component," "Delete Component," "Remove Program." Select "Add Component."
4. Insert your Windows CD-Rom if it asks for it. Once the options load, find “Install Korean Language Pack (fonts).”  You do not need to install Korean menus and dialogs, unless you want all of the menus (i.e. file, favorites, edit, format, etc.) to be viewable in Korean as well as English).

Option 2: Upgrade your Internet Explorer to version 7.0

1. Download IE 7.0 from Microsoft's Web site.
2. Install the program by using "CUSTOM" install.
3. Find the language section and select the “Korean language font pack.”
4. Complete installation.

Windows XP (and versions of Windows with IE 7.0 already installed)

Option 3: Change the Internet Explorer Language Properties

1. Right click on Internet Explorer and select Properties
2. Click on the "Language" options
3. Click on "Add"
4. Insert your Windows CD-Rom if it asks for it. Scroll down and select “Korean Language Pack (fonts).” You do not need to install Korean menus and dialogs.

Option 4: Change the Regional and Language Options

1. Click Start - Settings - Control Panel.
2. Double click on “Regional and Language Options.“
3. Click on the "Languages" tab.
4. Click on "Install East Asian languages." (This should ask you to insert your Windows CD-ROM.)
5. Select “Korean font package” and install. (If that is not an option, go back to the "Languages" tab and click on "Details.”  From here you will be able to select which language fonts you have installed on your computer.)

Mac / OS X

Older versions of OS X, such as 10.1, required installation of a Languages Kit from Apple in order to read Korean on a browser. The Language Kit for Korean supports the encoding for the character set to display the language. In more recent versions of OS X, language kits (for more languages than Korean) are included with all installations of OS X.

First, try this:

For Internet Explorer:

1. Open the browser.
2. Click on "View" in the menu bar.
3. Highlight (put the mouse arrow over) "Encoding."
4. Select (click) "Korean (EUC)."

For Netscape:

1. Open the browser.
2. Click on “View.”
3. Highlight (put the mouse arrow over) "Character Encoding."
4. Select (click) "Korean (EUC)."  The selection might also be "Korean (EUC-KR)."

If Korean is not in the language list:

1. Highlight “More Encodings.”
2. Highlight “East Asian.”
3. Select "Korean (EUC)."  The selection might also be "Korean (EUC-KR)."

If that doesn’t work, you will have to install the Korean character package. Go to the Apple Support site.