North Korean

British  

adjective

1. of or relating to North Korea or its inhabitants

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noun

1. a native or inhabitant of North Korea

Example Sentences

“The campaign to glorify him,” wrote one biographer in 1988, “has surpassed fanatic religious fervor. The North Korean ‘sun of the nation’ shines both day and night, and it is hard to escape his ubiquity.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026

One North Korean, who defected while studying in Poland in 1989, put it more succinctly: “When I was in North Korea, I thought Kim Il Sung was God.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026

But on Tuesday, a senior North Korean foreign ministry official described the South as "the enemy state most hostile" to North Korea, reiterating a label used by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un previously.

From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026

The unexpected appreciation resulted from Lee’s apology Monday over South Koreans having flown drones into North Korean airspace.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

The farmer said he had once employed two North Korean defectors and that they had been useful workers.

From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden