North Korean
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- adjective
- /nɔrθ kəˈriən/
- The final portion of the Agreed Framework addressed the North Korean commitment to forgo nuclear weapons.
- North Korean nuclear program
- North Korean negotiators
- a North Korean threat
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Watch on YouTubeAnd she played a North Korean version of Hava Nagila.
- And she played a North Korean version of Hava Nagila.
- But I'm telling you, North Korean cinema has its own weird wild flavor.
- Like if you can't self-defense, imagine if North Korean people had the guns in their hands, right?
- It was a really historical moment in in North Korean history.
- I also have come here to this peninsula to deliver a message directly to the leader of the North Korean dictatorship.
- There's no doubt that the North Korean regime is a terrible regime, inflicting suffering mostly on its own people.
- So the president not in the next morning, as I get sat down for the meeting, the door open and in walks a North Korean general.
- And here they demand North Korean sex slaves for their needs.
- And here is the heir to North Korean throne going to Disneyland.
- Because, you know, North Korean lives are very so in America.
- OK, Let me ask you some aspects about North Korean life.
- So I kind of knew about it, you know, in part thanks to kind of the North Korean work and coming from Ukraine.
Examples
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But I'm telling you, North Korean cinema has its own weird wild flavor.
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The North Korean government enforces strict control over its citizens.
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There is the North Korean embassy just over there.
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Third, unlike the United States, China has no reason to fear a North Korean nuclear capability.
Academic text (1995) -
Reports soon emerged that the target was a nuclear facility being built with North Korean aid.
Academic text (2008) -
Until the early 1990s, the North Korean government strictly controlled private markets.
Academic text (2008) -
I also have come here to this peninsula to deliver a message directly to the leader of the North Korean dictatorship.
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In particular, North Korean negotiators may need to show progress on anniversary dates of key events.
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The North Korean government perceives U.S. intentions on the Korean Peninsula as extremely hostile.
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Going one step further, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has dubbed himself the genius of all geniuses.
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound 'North Korean' is transparitionaly compositional: 'North' indicates the northern region and 'Korean' denotes nationality, so together they straightforwardly mean a person from North Korea. This direction/region + demonym pattern is cross-linguistically common and follows standard adjective+noun composition, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents should be able to infer the meaning.
Etymology
North Korean: The adjective North Korean comes from the words North and Korean, used after Korea split into two countries to mark things from the northern side. So North Korean means 'of or from North Korea'.