a native or inhabitant of South Korea or North Korea.
the language of South Korea or North Korea. Kor
a native or inhabitant of Korea
the official language of North and South Korea, considered by some scholars to be part of the Altaic family of languages
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On a recent morning, hundreds of sun-dappled wishes shimmied in the tree leaves in at least 10 languages: English, Spanish, Japanese, Korean, German, Italian, Chinese, Persian, French and Turkish among them.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026
The leaders agreed to put the two nations' friendly relations "on a more solid basis", North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency said.
From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026
Since 1992 the Korean market has had ten one-day reversals of 14% or more with the largest on record being the 12% drop on March 4 this year then followed by a 9% rebound.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026
In recent years, China has significantly toned down its calls to denuclearise the Korean peninsula and avoided mentioning it publicly.
From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026
Mom was busy setting the food out on plates, so she couldn’t tell me how to say “thank you” to Wei in Korean.
From Absolutely Almost by Lisa Graff
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