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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Despite aggressive investments, shares of SK hynix and its larger South Korean rival Samsung Electronics have fallen sharply by 33 per cent and 41 per cent respectively over the past month.
From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026
SK Hynix shares fell 15% in South Korean trading ahead of the earnings report, amid investor skepticism over AI-related investments.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
The developments come at a crucial time for the Korean chip makers.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026
The selling began overnight in indexes of South Korean and Japanese stocks, where makers of semiconductors and their suppliers are major components.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
“I don’t think I know a lot of their stories. But I do know they lived through the Korean War.”
From "Finding Junie Kim" by Ellen Oh
All the non “A” places seem to be the korean bbq and japanese shabu restaurants where the customer cooks their own raw meat.
From New York Times ● Jul. 28, 2010
More Koreans live there than in any city in the United States besides New York or Los Angeles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
And even as the number of South Koreans who identify as Buddhist has remained static, Buddhism was viewed the most favourably of four belief systems polled in a 2025 "Religion Perception Survey" by Korea Research.
From Barron's ● Jul. 7, 2026
Before local versions were allowed in May, Koreans bought similar ETFs listed abroad.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026
As residents of Japan, Ko's family were "Zainichi Koreans": immigrants during Japan's 1910-1945 colonial rule of the peninsula.
From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2026
Also widespread in Japan is the theory that the Japanese are descended from horse-riding Central Asian nomads who passed through Korea to conquer Japan in the 4th century A.D. but who were emphatically not Koreans.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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