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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.
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]
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).
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]
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 Treaty was the fruit of the "Korea–Japan Talks," a series of bilateral talks held between South Korea and Japan from October 1951 to June 1965 [citation needed] to normalize diplomatic relations. Over that period of 14 years, a total of seven talks were held.
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.
In 1954, North Korea set out the rules for Korean orthography (Korean: 조선어 철자법; MR: Chosŏnŏ Ch'ŏlchapŏp).Although this was only a minor revision in orthography that created little difference from that used in the South, from then on, the standard languages in the North and the South gradually differed more and more from each other.