ostasiat. Volk des mongol. Rassenkreises, auf der Halbinsel Korea, in der benachbarten Mandschurei u. im ostasiat. Rußland; gingen seit 1392 ganz in der chin. Kultur auf.
1. A native or inhabitant of Korea who speaks the Korean language.
2. The Altaic language spoken by the Korean people.
Native to or inhabitant of Korea; also the language and culture. There are approximately 33 million Koreans in South Korea, 15 million in North Korea, and 3 million elsewhere, principally in Japan, China (Manchuria), Russia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and the US.