South Korean
Britishadjective
noun
Example Sentences
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BTS’ comeback album “Arirang,” its first after the band members’ mandatory South Korean military service, was widely expected to compete for the award.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
The South Korean stock market is notoriously volatile, but concerns have spilled over into the big US companies.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
Yet when South Korean chipmakers—riding the same memory-chip windfall as China’s own ChangXin Memory Technologies, or CXMT—went into a speculative frenzy and then cracked, they rattled Chinese tech too.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
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
It’s estimated that South Korean businesses control between sixty and eighty percent of that market, including distribution, retail, and, increasingly, manufacturing.
From "The Sun Is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon
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