The 2015 Revised National Curriculum was announced 120 years after the establishment of the Hansung Normal School and 60 years after the implementation of the First National Curriculum. This revised curriculum, however, remains as an extension of the Seventh Curriculum which represented 20th century education. The forthcoming 2022 National Curriculum should serve as a starting point for Korean language education to go beyond the boundaries of modern education and move towards the post-modern era. With respect to this, the paper examines pressing matters regarding the future of Korean language education, Korean as a school subject, and specific parts of the national curriculum revision process that must be addressed. The future of Korean language education entails technological, social, linguistic, and educational changes to bring about Linguistic Singularity. It must focus on developing cognitive, emotional, and social problem-solving skills; collaborative skills with humans and machines; and meta-capabilities from the perspective of lifelong learning. To achieve this, the Korean subject should be reorganized to prioritize the development of grade 1 to 12 students while taking into consideration the systematic nature of elective subjects. Likewise, we should set goals for our educational system, produce content that is adapted to the changing needs of society, and further improve our teaching-learning materials and evaluation to keep pace with developments in the educational and language environment. Rather than the conventional academic system of Korean language education, we need a “bumpy curriculum” that takes every necessary and possible condition into account and puts the needs of individuals, society, and the nation first.