Typing in Korean on Lubuntu 13.10

I recently updated my Lubuntu netbook to version 13.10 and was appalled to discover that iBus is now a mess. If you check the forums, you'll see loads of horror stories about this new version of iBus and how many Asian script users (Japanese, Chinese, Korean...) are having difficulty making it work. Most are switching to alternate input methods. For me personally, I got iBus working for Hangul typing, but I had to keep manually switching between English/Korean by clicking with the mouse on the keyboard input icon in the toolbar ("panel" I should say). That is annoying. I have a Korean keyboard and want to use the 한/영 character.

I don't know if this is the best option out there, but this is working for me and I'm satisfied. Here's what I did:

Changing iBus to imhangul

Basically it boils down to: install Korean language, remove iBus, install im-switch, activate hangul

1. In the Language Support (or whatever it's called for you) settings, I installed the Korean language pack.
2. Using Synaptic Package Manager, I searched for, and removed, all entries relating to iBus.
3. Using Synaptic, I installed the packages im-switch and imhangul which will ask for the removal of im-config and the language config settings
   Yes, this will remove the Language Support entry from the System Preferences Menu, but if you already installed Korean langauge pack, you won't need it. You can always manually re-install it later too. 
4. Log out and log in (or restart)
5. To access the settings, run im-switch in a terminal. A settings dialog will pop up asking to choose your input method. I chose imhangul
6. Log in and log out
7. Go to Keyboard Layout Handler
   (I no longer have this setting in the System Preferences menu, but it's still present in my toolbar/taskbar/panel)
8. Under the Keyboard Layouts section, click "+Add", scroll down to Korean, expand the arrow to choose "Korean 101/104 key Compatible" and enable it. I also removed the entry for English. 

Now I can type in English or switch to Korean by using the 한/영 key on my keyboard, which I just did right there. Look I'll do it again 다시 사용하고 있지 wow that was much faster than clicking.

For some ways to configure the settings in imhangul, see my post here.

I hope to switch back to iBus at some point, but I think I'll wait for the 14.04 release. Hopefully it will be sorted by then. 

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Open Hangul (.hwp) files in Microsoft Word or HWP Viewer

Let's say a Korean co-worker sent you an .hwp file, but you don't have Hangul Word Processor on your computer. You can choose one of these methods to open it:

1.  Stand-alone HWP Viewer application 

Windows

The 2014 version of Hangul Office seems to no longer offer a stand-alone viewer. However, for now, viewers for previous versions seem to be working well. While no longer officially available (I can't find them on the Hancom website, at least), several other sources have them for downloading such as [here], [here] or [here]. You could also try the 60-day trial but no thanks.

 Mac

Interstingly, Hancom does still officially offer the Mac (.pkg file) version of the viewer. [Click the disk icon in item #2 to start the download]. Or you can grab it from the Mac App Store.

Android

There's an Hancom Viewer app and a full mobile Hancom Office app. Sure, if you're desperate.

2. Microsoft Word converter

Microsoft themselves seem to offer a converting program that will let you open .hwp files in Word (File -> Open) or batch-convert files to .docx.

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