HP-UX 11i June 2001 Release Notes

New and Changed Internationalization Features
Corrected Character Mappings to iconv(1) and iconv(3C)
Chapter 15284
Correction for Korean
A patch provides a defect fix to address standards non-conformancy for
Korean Unicode (UCS2)/UTF-8 character mappings.
The currently supplied Korean iconv converter tables do not conform to
the Unicode 2.1 and ISO-10646 (with 1997 amendments) standards in
addition to the Korean national standard, KSC-5700. The current
mappings are considered obsolete by all noted standards organizations.
The enhancement provides a set of standards-conformant iconv
converter tables for converting between eucKR and Unicode/UTF-8.
Specifically, the obsolete region of 0x3d2e - 0x4dff has been re-mapped to
the 0xac00 - 0xd7ff region specified in Unicode 2.1 for Hangul.
Without this modification, it is impossible to share data with any other
system which is standards-conformant in adhering to the Unicode
2.1/ISO-10646/KSC-5700 standards.
Affected iconv conversions are any conversions between eucKR and
UCS2 or UTF-8.
The iconv conversion tables affected by this modification are
eucKR=ucs2 and ucs2=eucKR. These tables are shared by both UCS2
and UTF-8 conversions.
No compatibility problems are anticipated. However, if compatibility
concerns arise with regard to persistent data stored either in Unicode
(UCS2) or UTF-8 on an HP-UX system, it is recommended that the
previously installed ucs2=eucKR table be saved and renamed prior to
installation of this fix. Persistent data can then be converted back to
eucKR using this old table and then reconverted to the correct
Unicode/UTF-8 representation.