# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Korean language support and non-ASCII text handling

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #33512: \[Feature Request\] Add Korean (한국어) language support to the desktop app UI
- PR #43874: \[codex\] feat(desktop): add Korean locale
- PR #53177: feat(desktop): add Korean (한국어) locale

These items cover adding Korean locale support to the desktop UI, plus a related fix for preserving non-ASCII text in conversation history. The non-ASCII fix is adjacent but not strictly part of the Korean localization feature.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 2 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 0 PR(s) closed without merging.
- No fix has been merged to main; one or more PRs were attempted (see below).
- **Recommended:** review the prior/competing PR(s) below. A fix was attempted but not merged; your case may extend or revive that work.

## Maintainer resolution verdict

- Internal-tracker verdict over this cluster's issue members: `unresolved`. This is distinct from the fix status above. Weigh it yourself.

## How this cluster was grouped

- Link evidence (`STRUCTURAL_PARTIAL`): some members are connected by structural evidence (shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference); the rest are joined by an automated relevance judgement over their text.
- Members outside that structural core may belong to a different underlying problem.
- Pairwise link density `0.39`: the share of member pairs that carry a link, counting a structural link in full and a relevance-only link at 0.36. `1.00` means every pair is linked.

## Open related issues

- #33512: \[Feature Request\] Add Korean (한국어) language support to the desktop app UI

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #52532: Request for Korean Language Support in Hermes Agent

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#43874: \[codex\] feat(desktop): add Korean locale**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#40716`, `#41014`, `#41068`, `#41376`, `#41013`, `#40996`, `#40331`, `#33512`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/i18n/catalog.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/context.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/ko.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/ko.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/languages.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/languages.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/runtime.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/types.ts`
- **#53177: feat(desktop): add Korean (한국어) locale**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#40716`, `#44229`, `#33512`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/i18n/catalog.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/ko.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/languages.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/types.ts`

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`