Hongik Ingan

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Hongik Ingan (Korean: 홍익인간) is the official educational motto of South Korea.^[1] The phrase can be translated to English as "To broadly benefit the human world".^[2] Hongik Ingan was the founding principle of Gojoseon, the first Korean kingdom, and the first major idea conceptualized by its founding king, Dangun Wanggeom.^[3]