Definitions

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  • noun A person from North Korea or of North Korean descent.
  • adjective Of, from, or pertaining to North Korea, the North Korean people or the North Korean language.

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  • noun a Korean from North Korea
  • adjective of or relating to or characteristic of North Korea or its people or their culture

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Examples

  • The problem that I'm worried about is that as we get closer to the edge of the cliff, I think the Iranians are trying to follow what I call a North Korean model.

    CNN Transcript Dec 26, 2007 2007

  • The problem that I'm worried about is that as we get closer to the edge of the cliff, I think the Iranians are trying to follow what I call a North Korean model.

    CNN Transcript Dec 26, 2007 2007

  • She referred to the North Korean leader without naming him, and said the arrangements for his trip are made in accordance with usual practice and out of respect for the visiting leader.

    North Korean Leader Kim Jong Il Reportedly in Beijing 2011

  • She referred to the North Korean leader without naming him, and said the arrangements for his trip are made in accordance with usual practice and out of respect for the visiting leader.

    North Korean Leader Kim Jong Il Reportedly in Beijing 2011

  • Despite its backing for the missile defense system, the Obama administration has proposed scaling back the number of interceptors to be placed in Alaska from 40 to 26, arguing the lower number would be sufficient to match near-term North Korean missile capabilities.

    Gates Is Confident Alaska Missile Defense Could Stop North Korean Rocket 2009

  • Two years ago he called North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il a tyrannical dictator, to which North Korea labeled Bolton human scum.

    CNN Transcript Mar 7, 2005 2005

  • Mullen, in his visit to Iraq, on Monday called North Korean leader Kim Jong Il is "a very unpredictable guy," the Associated Press reported.

    South Korean drills draw more threats from North Korea Chico Harlan 2010

  • Mullen, in his visit to Iraq, on Monday called North Korean leader Kim Jong Il is "a very unpredictable guy," the Associated Press reported.

    South Korean drills draw more threats from North Korea Chico Harlan 2010

  • Oddly enough, that was precisely the time that the notion of North Korean hawks and doves first began popping up in Pyongyang-watching circles.

    The West B.R. Myers 2010

  • It doesn't indicate, for example, how the goods were identified as North Korean and how they were transported to Dalian, in northeastern China across the Yellow Sea from North Korea.

    Pretoria Seized North Korean Weapons Joe Lauria 2010

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