North Korean
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3.2
- noun
- /nɔrθ kəˈriən/
- Granting humanitarian assistance to the North Koreans is one of the few issues on which South Koreans broadly agree.
- North Koreans launched an attack
- Chinese and North Koreans
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- And so the North Koreans and the Russians conspire on this.
- So that is a South Korean patrol boat that was shot at by the North Koreans.
- And and ultimately they went, Oh, well, the Sony hack, right, was the North Koreans.
- President Trump, the North Koreans have violated the Demilitarized Zone.
- The Chinese did, in fact, in November, lean very hard on the North Koreans to ensure that there were no further military provocations.
- But as Nick knows, as Madeline knows, we've been down this road numerous times with the North Koreans.
- You know, if if you are a North Korean and your boss has just berated you and treated you like scum, you're going to hate that guy.
- I mean, I'm thinking of the young man who was murdered by the North Koreans, the steel.
- We target those in the North Koreans worldwide when they're overseas serving.
- Kim's became not just a king, they became a God for North Koreans.
Examples
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And on January twenty-third, the North Koreans had seized the USS Pueblo.
Fiction book (1990) -
In recent years, it has also essentially assumed responsibility for feeding the North Koreans.
Academic text (2008) -
So as a North Korean kid, we all have to give things to the party.
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My friend is a North Korean gentleman, okay?
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I'm after a North Korean.
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The North Koreans will already be on their way.
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The defeat of the North Koreans was decisive.
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But for the North Koreans, the comparison with South Korea hurts.
Academic text (2008) -
Thus, they continue to support their leader with little regard for the plight of most North Koreans.
Academic text (2008) -
He met a North Korean defector who shared his experiences living under a strict regime.
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 noun North Korean comes from the parts North and Korean and names a person who comes from the northern country after Korea split into North and South. So North Korean means 'a person from North Korea'.