Editing Revised Romanization of Korean (section)

==Usage==

===In South Korea===
[[File:Q246638 Bucheon A01 (cropped).JPG|thumb|The sign with the name of the railway station in [[Bucheon]] — at the top, a writing in [[hangul]], the transcription in Latin script below using the Revised Romanization, along with the [[hanja]] text]]
[[File:Jecheonstation.jpg|thumb|The sign with the name of the railway station in [[Jecheon]] — at the top, a writing in [[hangul]], the transcription in Latin script below using the Revised Romanization and the English translation of the word 'station', along with the [[hanja]] text]]
Almost all road signs, names of railway and subway stations on line maps and signs, etc. have been changed according to Revised Romanization of Korean (''RR'', also called ''South Korean'' or ''Ministry of Culture (MC) 2000''). It is estimated to have cost at least 500 billion won to 600 billion won (€500–600 million) to carry out this procedure.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://monthly.chosun.com/client/news/viw.asp?ctcd=&nNewsNumb=200009100029|script-title=ko:2005년까지 연차적으로 도로표지판을 바꾸는 데 5000억~6000억원이 들고|date=2000-09-01|publisher=[[Monthly Chosun]]|access-date=2019-05-22|language=ko}}</ref> All Korean textbooks, maps and signs to do with cultural heritage were required to comply with the new system by 28 February 2002. Romanization of surnames and existing companies' names has been left untouched because of the reasons explained below. However, the Korean government recommends using the revised romanization of Korean for the new names.

===Exceptions===
Like several [[European languages]] that have undergone spelling reforms (such as [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]], [[German language|German]], [[Polish language|Polish]] or [[Swedish language|Swedish]]), the Revised Romanization is not expected to be adopted as the official romanization of [[Korean name|Korean family names]] (example ''I'', ''Bak'', ''Gim'', ''Choe'' instead of [[Lee (Korean surname)|''Lee'']], ''[[Park (Korean surname)|Park]]'', ''[[Kim (Korean surname)|Kim]], [[Choi (Korean surname)|Choi]]'' which are used commonly). However, South Korea's Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism recommends those who "newly" register their romanized names to follow the Revised Romanization of Korean.

In addition, North Korea continues to use a version of the McCune–Reischauer system of romanization, a different version of which was in official use in South Korea from 1984 to 2000.