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In 2021, South Korea dropped its description of Japan as a "partner" in its white paper. [101] However, in May 2023, South Korea, under presidency of Yoon Suk Yeol, decided to reinstate Japan under its white paper, [102] prompting Japanese prime minister, Fumio Kishida, to reinstate South Korea in its list of its trusted trading partners. [103]
South Korea refused diplomatic and trade relations with Japan, using tensions with Japan to rally support for the South Korean government. The early ROK (Republic of Korea; South Korea) government derived its legitimacy from its opposition to Japan and North Korea, portraying South Korea as under threat from the North and South.
The Encyclopedia of Korea (Korean: 영문 디지털 한국백과사전), a part of the Open Research Library Digital Collections, [1] is the first comprehensive English language encyclopedia of Korea. [2] Sixty Koreanists worldwide contributed some 1300 entries. [3]
Korean is the native language for about 81 million people, mostly of Korean descent. [a] [1] [3] It is the national language of both North Korea and South Korea.In the north, the language is known as Chosŏnŏ (North Korean: 조선어) and in the south, its known as Hangugeo (South Korean: 한국어).
In 2012, this institution developed into the Korea National Diplomatic Academy and has the largest research and training institution of its kind within South Korea. [5] In 1998, the ministry's name was changed to Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT, 외교통상부), and it was given jurisdiction over external trade. [7]
But the word bahasa (a loanword from Sanskrit Bhāṣā) only means "language." For example, French language is translated as bahasa Prancis, and the same applies to other languages, such as bahasa Inggris (English), bahasa Jepang (Japanese), bahasa Arab (Arabic), bahasa Italia (Italian), and so on.
The Korean Wave, or Hallyu (Korean: 한류; Hanja: 韓流; RR: Hallyu; lit. flow/wave of Korea; listen ⓘ), is a cultural phenomenon in which the global popularity of South Korean popular culture has dramatically risen since the 1990s.
Japan–North Korea relations (Japanese: 日朝関係; Korean: 조일 관계) refers to international relations between Japan and North Korea.Relations between Japan and North Korea have never been formally established, but there have been diplomatic talks between the two governments to discuss the issue of kidnapped Japanese citizens and North Korea's nuclear program.