But does all this warrant such a radical revamp of the romanization system?

CNN: From Our Correspondent: You Say Bulgogee, I Say Pulgogi

At the moment, the romanization scene is essentially a free-for-all in which each person transcribes words and names according to whim.

CNN: From Our Correspondent: You Say Bulgogee, I Say Pulgogi

The so-called McCune-Reischauer romanization system, devised in the 1930s by two old Asia hands, was supposed to have been formally adopted in 1984.

CNN: From Our Correspondent: You Say Bulgogee, I Say Pulgogi

Similarly, Korean should be able to survive -- nay, thrive in -- whatever discrepancies and inconsistencies its romanization system, or the lack thereof, should throw up.

CNN: From Our Correspondent: You Say Bulgogee, I Say Pulgogi