In celebration of the 560th Hangul Day, a Hangul Writing Contest was held on October 2nd at Yonsei University, sponsored by the university and the Ministry of Culture and Tourism.
Some 1,400 foreigners took part in the competition, with the subject of ``mirror ' and ``news’’. At the annual event which started in 1992, Hsieh, Hsiu-Mei, a Taiwanese won the first prize with 700,000 won of award.