It's been a long time since I've done a post about opening or working with Hangul HWP/HWPX files but here's another neat thing you can do: ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude can all parse both HWP and HWPX files. So you can use the full power of these AI models to do basically whatever you want with the documents.
You don't need any special program to open them first and extract text or anything. Just upload the pure .HWP files right into the chatbots and ask what you want.
Example: Summarizing HWP information in English
Here's a simple example. I download a couple of random documents from the internet:
- an application for joining a baseball team in the more open HWPX format
- an application for hosting the KBO all-star game in the older and relatively more closed HWP format
ChatGPT result
Document 1: “[붙임1] 2025 KBO 올스타전 유치 신청서.hwp”
English: “Attachment 1: Application to Host the 2025 KBO All-Star Game.”This document is an official application form used by a city, stadium authority, or organization to request hosting rights for the KBO (Korea Baseball Organization) 2025 All-Star Game. The purpose is to provide the KBO with detailed information about the proposed host location and its ability to organize the event.
Typical sections in this type of document include:
Basic information about the applicant organization (city government, stadium operator, or host committee).
Details about the baseball stadium where the game would be held.
Facilities and infrastructure, such as seating capacity, locker rooms, training areas, parking, and media facilities.
Transportation and accommodation information for players, staff, and spectators.
Event support plans, including security, medical services, marketing, and fan events.
Financial or administrative support offered by the host city or organization.
Official signatures and confirmation from responsible officials.
In short:
This document is a formal proposal submitted to the KBO to host the 2025 All-Star Game, describing the venue, logistics, and support plan.Document 2: “울산프로야구단 선수 응시원서.hwpx”
English: “Ulsan Professional Baseball Team Player Application Form.”This document is a recruitment application package for players applying to join the Ulsan Professional Baseball Team. It contains several forms that applicants must complete and submit.
Main components:
List of Required Documents
Applicants must submit:
Application form
Resume
Personal statement
Consent for personal information collection and use
Consent for qualification verification
Application Form
Collects basic information such as:
Name
Position (player position)
Address
Phone number
Signature confirming the application
Applicant Identification Slip
A detachable section used during the tryout or evaluation process.Resume (Baseball Career Record)
Requires:
Player career history (high school, university, amateur, professional, independent league)
Playing position
Dates of participation
Competition results and awards
Personal Statement
A written essay (about two A4 pages) describing:
Motivation for joining the team
Career goals
Baseball experience and achievements
Attitude as a player and ability to work within a team
Personal Information Consent Form
Allows the team to collect and verify personal data for recruitment evaluation.In short:
This document is a complete application packet for baseball players applying to join the Ulsan professional baseball team, including forms for personal details, career history, and evaluation consent.Simple comparison
If needed, a shorter summary or a full translation of each section can also be provided.
Gemini results
The two documents you provided are official forms related to South Korean professional baseball. The first is an application for a local government to host the KBO All-Star Game, and the second is an application package for players wishing to join a specific professional club (Ulsan).
1. 2025 KBO All-Star Game Hosting Application
This document is a formal template for local governments (cities or counties) to apply for the right to host the 2025 KBO All-Star Game. It focuses on evaluating the infrastructure and administrative support of the bidding region.
General Information: Requires details on the municipality’s population, area, and average July temperatures.
Accessibility & Infrastructure: Asks for distances and travel times to the stadium from airports, express bus terminals, subway stations, and KTX/SRT train stations.
Accommodation: Requires a list of nearby hotels (star ratings, room counts, and average prices).
Evaluation Criteria:
Necessity: Why the region needs the event and how it differs from other cities.
Suitability: Quality of stadium facilities and surrounding amenities.
Proactivity: Budget support, fee waivers, and marketing/promotion plans.
Safety & Logistics: Cooperation with police, fire, and medical services.
Stadium Status: Technical specs including seating capacity, lighting (lux levels), grass type, and parking fees.
2. Ulsan Professional Baseball Club Player Application
This is a comprehensive "Application for Employment" package for athletes seeking to join the Ulsan Professional Baseball Club. It contains several "Annex" forms required for the recruitment process.
Submission Checklist: Tracks whether the applicant has provided the application, resume, self-introduction, and various consent forms.
Application Form (Annex 2): Basic personal data including name (in Korean and Hanja), address, and the specific position applied for.
Resume (Annex 3): Detailed career history covering high school, university, Professional 1st/2nd leagues, or Independent leagues.
Self-Introduction (Annex 4): A 2-page essay covering motivation, career goals, and "organizational adaptability." Notably, applicants are warned not to mention their school name or birthplace to ensure a "blind" hiring process.
Legal & Ethical Consent:
Personal Information: Consent for data collection and verification of documents.
Disciplinary Record (Annex 8): A sworn statement that the player has no disqualifying disciplinary history under KBO regulations or club rules.
Would you like me to translate any specific section of these forms into English for you?
Claude results
I now have enough content from both documents to provide a thorough summary. Here's what each document is:
Document 1: 2025 KBO 올스타전 유치 신청서
2025 KBO All-Star Game Hosting Bid Application
This is an official application form used by a local government (municipality) to formally apply to host the 2025 KBO (Korea Baseball Organization) All-Star Game. It appears to be addressed to the KBO Commissioner.
Key sections of the form include:
Applicant Information — Name of the local government, the authorizing official (e.g., a county mayor/governor), and contact details for responsible staff members.
General Status of the Municipality — Population, average monthly temperature, distance/travel time from major transportation hubs (highway bus terminals, subway stations), and available accommodation (hotels with average pricing).
Supporting Facilities — Available cultural venues, gyms, performance halls, exhibition spaces, and nearby parking.
Key Evaluation Criteria — The form asks the applicant to address:
Necessity & Justification: Why they want to host and what differentiates their city.
Venue Suitability: Stadium accessibility, lodging, and transportation infrastructure.
Proactiveness: Budget support, fee waivers, promotional resources (banners, channels, etc.), and other assistance (e.g., police support).
The sample applicant name shown is "Hong Gil-dong" (홍길동), a common placeholder name in Korean forms (similar to "John Doe").
Document 2: 울산프로야구단 선수 응시원서
Ulsan Professional Baseball Team — Player Application Form
This is an official open recruitment application packet for players wishing to join the Ulsan Professional Baseball Team (울산프로야구단). It was created on December 26, 2025.
The packet includes:
Document Checklist (Annex 1) — A list of required submission documents:
Application form (응시원서)
Resume (이력서)
Personal statement (자기소개서)
Personal information consent form
Eligibility verification consent form
Application Form (Annex 2) — A formal application to be filled out by the candidate, including: name (in Korean and Chinese characters), position applied for, address, email, and phone number. The applicant signs and submits to the Ulsan Professional Baseball Team Management Committee.
Admission Ticket (Slip) — A tear-off stub to be used on the day of the practical skills test, noting the applicant must arrive 20 minutes early with their ID and admission ticket.
Instructions — Guidelines on how to correctly fill out the application and resume (e.g., leave the application number blank, write your position and field clearly).
In short: One document is a municipal bid form for hosting a KBO All-Star Game event, and the other is a player tryout/recruitment application form for a professional baseball team based in Ulsan, South Korea. Both are sports-related Korean administrative documents in the Hancom HWP/HWPX format.
Other use cases
For being totally free, this is a pretty amazing service. I never even thought about mentioning this although there's a guy at work that is dropping HWPs and Hancell files into ChatGPT all the time to pull out data. And Hancom itself is offering something like this for subscription customers. I actually thought about mentioning it today when I noticed ChatGPT encouraging me to do it myself:
I'm just spitballing but for example, consider
- some foreign parents who are enrolling their child in school and the school sends a bunch of HWPs in the class group chat with rules and schedules etc. Could be useful to dump all those into a chat and be able to ask it questions in whatever you native language is (assuming you trust the responses not to be hallucinations).
- getting a bunch of HWP files from your real estate agent and bank loan officer and having the chatbot parse them and surface they key details you're looking for, in your own language
- dumping the instruction manual you downloaded from your smarthome's company website and asking the bot how to change the temp in a single room according to the instructions
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