Talk:Koreans
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Korean Uzbekistanis
I know, I know, there is a conflict between the 2 figures:
- 450,000 ethnic Koreans reside in the former USSR
- 1,123,200 in Uzbekistan
I took the information in 2 different sources. If anyone can sort it out, thanks. olivier 04:35, 7 Oct 2003 (UTC)
- The government (?) of Uzbekistan gives the number of Koreans as 240,000 [1] (http://www.uzland.uz/bilat/skorea.htm). I take the first number is correct. However, some of the Koreans there might no longer be considered /consider themselves as such... Kokiri 18:25, 2 Mar 2004 (UTC)
- I think this 1million+ estimate is complete crap, and am removing it.XmarkX 08:31, 17 May 2005 (UTC)
other countries
I have added other countries: N/A, just to give the (correct) impressions, that Koreans are not only to be found in a few countries, but in many others, too. Kokiri 18:16, 2 Mar 2004 (UTC)
Source
I know that it would be a shameless ripoff... but the website http;//www.kimsoft.com/ has quite a good article about Koreans at http://www.kimsoft.com/2004/go-chosun.htm . The website says that all of the servers' content may be redistributed and copied at will. Couldn't we incorporate this text into this article? --Ce garcon 18:46, 21 Nov 2004 (UTC)
- I'm pretty sure articles aren't worthy of us "ripping it off", if it's full of fringe theories about the impact and origin of the Koreans and claims like: "Koreans have the least body order [sic]...The blacks are the smelliest and the whites are the next smelliest. The Mongoloid has dry earwax while the others have wet earwax." --Menchi 19:57, 21 Nov 2004 (UTC)
- I'm not saying it's perfect (that part is particularly absurd), but surely a great deal of it is useful content. And also free for us to use. --Ce garcon 19:59, 21 Nov 2004 (UTC)
- That it's "free to be redistrubuted" is often the sign of groups having the agenda to propagate their specific viewpoints. Once the credibility has been damaged (and in this case, severely so, just by reading the first 2 paragraphs), we don't know what, if any, part of the rest of the stuff can be trusted. Just glancing thru the rest of the article, I saw its claim about an ancient Korean king conquering "much of China" in 2000 BC -- another fringe theory, one I never heard of. Also, it claims Bohai Kingdom was a Korean nation, whereas most scholars now believe the Bohai people was neither Korean nor Chinese. The claim that Sumerians are Korean descendents is pretty farfetched too. So, despite its pretty maps and photos, we'd be wasting time to try to inspect the rest of that unreliable article. I know I won't bother. It's best to assemble info from other accurate and unbiased sources. --Menchi 20:10, 21 Nov 2004 (UTC)
www.kimsoft.com is a pro if not official (forget which one) DPRK site.......NORTH KOREAN propoganda
Korean language
In the text of the article Koreans, it is said that there are around 70 million Korean speakers of the Korean language. In the table in the article Koreans, it states that 71 million Koreans speak the Korean language. In the article Korean language, it says that there are, in total, 78 million speakers of the Korean language. Does that mean that there are 7 million non-Korean Korean language speakers in the world? - 68.72.139.128 01:46, 1 Apr 2005 (UTC)
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| Koreans
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| Total population: | 74,616,714 (est.) | |
| Significant populations in: | South Korea: 47,470,969 North Korea: 21,687,550 United States: 2,057,546 China: 2,043,578 Japan: 660,214 Former Soviet Union: 486,857 Canada: 110,000 Latin America: 100,000 | |
| Language | Korean speakers: 71 million | |
| Religion | Nonreligious, Christian, Buddhist, Indigenous, other | |
| Related ethnic groups | Possibly the Japanese, Manchurians, Mongolians. | |
Organization
I hope someone improves this article. - 69.212.70.138 21:21, 27 May 2005 (UTC)