Revised Romanization of Korean (국어의 로마자 표기법; Gug-eoui Romaja Pyogibeop; lit.

"Roman-
letter notation of the national language") is the official Korean language romanization system in South
Korea. It was developed by the National Academy of the Korean Language from 1995 and was
released to the public on 7 July 2000 by South Korea's Ministry of Culture and Tourism in
Proclamation No. 2000-8.[1]

The new system addressed problems in the implementation of the McCune–Reischauer system, such
as the phenomena where different consonants and vowels became indistinguishable in the absence
of special symbols. To be specific, under the McCune–Reischauer system, Korean consonants ㄱ (k),
ㄷ (t), ㅂ (p) and ㅈ (ch) and ㅋ (kʼ), ㅌ (tʼ), ㅍ (pʼ) and ㅊ (chʼ) became indistinguishable when
the apostrophe was removed. In addition, Korean vowels 어 (ŏ) and 오 (o), as well as 으 (ŭ) and 우
(u), became indistinguishable when the breve was removed. Especially in internet use, where
omission of apostrophes and breves is common, this caused many Koreans as well as foreigners
confusion. Hence, the revision was made with the belief that if McCune–Reischauer was left
unrevised, it would continue to confuse people, both Koreans and foreigners.