diff --git a/i18npool/qa/cppunit/test_breakiterator.cxx b/i18npool/qa/cppunit/test_breakiterator.cxx
index 98a0bca96a77..552274864035 100644
--- a/i18npool/qa/cppunit/test_breakiterator.cxx
+++ b/i18npool/qa/cppunit/test_breakiterator.cxx
@@ -158,6 +158,22 @@ void TestBreakIterator::testLineBreaking()
             (void)m_xBreak->getLineBreak(aTest, 0, aLocale, 0, aHyphOptions, aUserOptions);
         }
     }
+
+    //See https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=96197
+    {
+        const sal_Unicode HANGUL[] = { 0xc560, 0xad6D, 0xac00, 0xc758, 0x0020, 0xac00,
+                                       0xc0ac, 0xb294};
+        OUString aTest(HANGUL, SAL_N_ELEMENTS(HANGUL));
+
+        aLocale.Language = "ko";
+        aLocale.Country = "KR";
+
+        {
+            i18n::LineBreakResults aResult = m_xBreak->getLineBreak(aTest, aTest.getLength()-2, aLocale, 0,
+                aHyphOptions, aUserOptions);
+            CPPUNIT_ASSERT_EQUAL_MESSAGE("Expected a break don't split the Korean word!", static_cast<sal_Int32>(5), aResult.breakIndex);
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 //See https://bugs.libreoffice.org/show_bug.cgi?id=49629
diff --git a/i18npool/source/breakiterator/breakiterator_cjk.cxx b/i18npool/source/breakiterator/breakiterator_cjk.cxx
index 98115e6c1d32..8a4244631759 100644
--- a/i18npool/source/breakiterator/breakiterator_cjk.cxx
+++ b/i18npool/source/breakiterator/breakiterator_cjk.cxx
@@ -86,6 +86,8 @@ BreakIterator_CJK::getWordBoundary( const OUString& text, sal_Int32 anyPos,
     return BreakIterator_Unicode::getWordBoundary(text, anyPos, nLocale, wordType, bDirection);
 }
 
+#define isHangul(cCh) ((cCh>=0xAC00&&cCh<=0xD7AF)||(cCh>=0x1100&&cCh<=0x11FF))
+
 LineBreakResults SAL_CALL BreakIterator_CJK::getLineBreak(
         const OUString& Text, sal_Int32 nStartPos,
         const css::lang::Locale& /*rLocale*/, sal_Int32 /*nMinBreakPos*/,
@@ -94,17 +96,34 @@ LineBreakResults SAL_CALL BreakIterator_CJK::getLineBreak(
 {
     LineBreakResults lbr;
 
+    const sal_Int32 nOldStartPos = nStartPos;
+
     if (bOptions.allowPunctuationOutsideMargin &&
             hangingCharacters.indexOf(Text[nStartPos]) != -1 &&
             (Text.iterateCodePoints( &nStartPos ), nStartPos == Text.getLength())) {
         ; // do nothing
     } else if (bOptions.applyForbiddenRules && 0 < nStartPos && nStartPos < Text.getLength()) {
+
         while (nStartPos > 0 &&
                 (bOptions.forbiddenBeginCharacters.indexOf(Text[nStartPos]) != -1 ||
                  bOptions.forbiddenEndCharacters.indexOf(Text[nStartPos-1]) != -1))
             Text.iterateCodePoints( &nStartPos, -1);
     }
 
+    // Prevent cutting Korean words in the middle.
+    if ( nOldStartPos == nStartPos && isHangul( Text[nStartPos] ) )
+    {
+        while ( nStartPos >= 0 && isHangul( Text[nStartPos] ) )
+            --nStartPos;
+
+        // beginning of the last Korean word.
+        if ( nStartPos < nOldStartPos )
+            ++nStartPos;
+
+        if ( nStartPos == 0 )
+            nStartPos = nOldStartPos;
+    }
+
     lbr.breakIndex = nStartPos;
     lbr.breakType = BreakType::WORDBOUNDARY;
     return lbr;