North Korean

adjective

: of, relating to, or characteristic of North Korea or its people

North Korean noun

plural North Koreans

Examples of North Korean in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In August 2025, a North Korean interpreter traveling with a delegation from Pyongyang’s Academy of Social Sciences entered the South Korean embassy in Ulaanbaatar in Mongolia and asked to defect. — Jieun Baek, Foreign Affairs, 30 Oct. 2026

The popular versions include the striker’s face merged into photos of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, late Congolese dictator Mobutu Sese Seko and late Chinese communist revolutionary Mao Zedong. — Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 30 Oct. 2026

Among those designated Wednesday is Russian national Vitold Viktorovich Obertas, an intermediary who has facilitated financial transactions for North Korean officials. — Nicole Sganga, CBS News, 28 Oct. 2026

Seoul has said North Korean troops have repeatedly violated the border during the work and that South Korea's military has responded with firing warning shots. — ABC News, 28 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1887, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for North Korean

• aegean
• aptian
• boolean
• linnaean
• plebeian
• protean
• ruffian
• wolffian
• adlerian
• caesarian
• cyclopean
• european