North Korean

British

adjective

of or relating to North Korea or its inhabitants

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noun

a native or inhabitant of North Korea

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SEOUL—North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw a live-fire exercise for one of his top military priorities: an upgraded rocket launcher able to fire tactical nukes.

From The Wall Street Journal

But in recent years, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has drawn closer to Moscow politically, economically and militarily.

From The Wall Street Journal

Those wagons, as well as North Korean domestic carriages, will then be attached to a new train heading to Pyongyang, he added.

From Barron's

According to AFP news agency, current visa holders include Chinese citizens who work or study in North Korea and North Koreans who work, study, or need to visit family abroad.

From BBC

Noem had previously attracted controversy after a false anecdote appeared in her memoir that she once met North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

From BBC

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