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+! Copyright (C) 2009 Yun, Jonghyouk.
+! See http://factorcode.org/license.txt for BSD license.
+USING: help.syntax help.markup ;
+IN: io.encodings.korean
+
+ARTICLE: "io.encodings.korean" "Korean text encodings"
+"The " { $vocab-link "io.encodings.korean" } " vocabulary implements encodings used for Korean text besides the standard UTF encodings for Unicode strings."
+{ $subsection cp949 } ;
+
+ABOUT: "io.encodings.korean"
+
+HELP: cp949
+{ $class-description "This encoding class implements Microsoft's code page #949 encoding, also called Unified Hangul Code or ks_c_5601-1987, UHC. CP949 is extended version of EUC-KR and downward-compatibility to EUC-KR. " }
+{ $see-also "encodings-introduction" } ;