instance_of koreans in south africa
Koreans in Spain form one of the ___MASK32___ ' s smaller Asian populations . The Korean ___MASK40___ is a ___MASK40___ in East Asia . It extends southwards for about from continental Asia into the Pacific ___MASK16___ and is surrounded by the ___MASK20___ of Japan ( East ___MASK20___ ) to the east , and the Yellow ___MASK20___ ( West ___MASK20___ ) to the west , the Korea Strait connecting the first two bodies of water . The Korean ___MASK100___ ( South Korea : or ; North Korea : or ) consists of roughly ___MASK93___ million people , both descendants of early emigrants from the Korean Peninsula , as well as more recent emigres from Korea . Nearly four - fifths of expatriate Koreans live in just three countries : China , the United States , and Japan . Other countries with greater than 0 . 5 % Korean minorities include Canada , Russia , Uzbekistan , Kazakhstan , Australia , and Vietnam . All these figures include both permanent migrants and sojourners . Russia ( from the  Rus '), also officially known as the Russian ___MASK2___ , is a country in Eurasia . At , Russia is the largest country in the world by ___MASK9___ area , covering more than one - eighth of the Earth ' s inhabited land area , and the ninth most populous , with over 140 million people at the end of March 2016 . The European western part of the country is much more populated and urbanised than the eastern , about 77 % of the population live in European Russia . Russia ' s capital Moscow is one of the largest cities in the world , other major urban centers include Saint Petersburg , Novosibirsk , Yekaterinburg , Nizhny Novgorod and Samara . An expatriate ( often shortened to expat ) is a ___MASK65___ temporarily or permanently residing , as an immigrant , in a country other than that of their citizenship . The ___MASK63___ comes from the Latin terms " ex " (" out of ") and " patria " (" country , fatherland "). Koreans ( alternatively , see names of ___MASK53___ ) are an ___MASK47___ native to the whole Korean ___MASK40___ and southeastern Manchuria . Koreans mainly live in the ___MASK88___ Korean nation states , South ___MASK53___ and North ___MASK53___ ( collectively referred to simply as ___MASK53___ ), but are also an officially recognized minority in China , Japan , Russia , Uzbekistan and a number of other former Soviet ___MASK7___ states . Over the ___MASK76___ of the 20th century , significant Korean communities have emerged in Australia , United States , Canada and , to a lesser extent , other nations with primarily immigrant background . As of 2013 , there were an estimated 7 . 4 million ethnic Korean expatriates around the world . Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia , is a ___MASK32___ comprising the mainland of the Australian ___MASK58___ , the island of Tasmania and numerous smaller islands . It is the world ' s sixth - largest ___MASK32___ by total area . The neighbouring countries are Papua New Guinea , Indonesia and East Timor to the north ; the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu to the north - east ; and New Zealand to the south - east . Australia ' s capital is Canberra , and its largest urban area is Sydney . Koreans in South Africa form the largest Korean ___MASK100___ community on the African ___MASK58___ and the 29th - largest in the world , ahead of Koreans in Spain and behind Koreans in Italy . ___MASK53___ is a historical ___MASK60___ in East Asia , since 1945 divided into two distinct sovereign states : North ___MASK53___ ( officially the " Democratic ___MASK66___ ' s ___MASK72___ of ___MASK53___ ") and South ___MASK53___ ( officially the " ___MASK72___ of ___MASK53___ "). Located on the Korean Peninsula , ___MASK53___ is bordered by China to the northwest and Russia to the northeast . It is separated from Japan to the east by the ___MASK53___ Strait and the East ___MASK20___ . Canada ( French : ) is a ___MASK32___ in the northern half of North America . Its ___MASK59___ provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic to the Pacific and northward into the Arctic Ocean , covering , making it the world ' s second - largest ___MASK32___ by total area and the fourth - largest ___MASK32___ by land area . Canada ' s ___MASK95___ with the United States is the world ' s longest land ___MASK95___ . The majority of the ___MASK32___ has a cold or severely cold winter climate , but southerly areas are warm in summer . Canada is sparsely populated , the majority of its land territory being dominated by forest and tundra and the Rocky Mountains . About four - fifths of the ___MASK32___ ' s population of 36 million ___MASK66___ is urbanized and live near the southern ___MASK95___ . Its ___MASK18___ is Ottawa , its largest city is Toronto ; other major urban areas include Montreal , Vancouver , Calgary , Edmonton , Quebec City , Winnipeg and Hamilton . Kazakhstan ( " Qazaqstan ", " Kazakhstan "), officially the ___MASK72___ of Kazakhstan (" Qazaqstan Respwblïkas " " Respublika Kazakhstan "), is a ___MASK84___ in northern Central Asia and Eastern Europe . Kazakhstan is the world ' s largest landlocked country , and the ninth largest in the world , with an area of . Kazakhstan is the dominant nation of Central Asia economically , generating 60 % of the region ' s GDP , primarily through its oil / gas industry . It also has vast mineral resources . China , officially the ___MASK66___ ' s ___MASK72___ of China ( PRC ), is a unitary sovereign state in East Asia . With a population of over ___MASK71___ . 381 billion , it is the world ' s most populous country . The state is governed by the Communist Party of China , and its capital is Beijing . It exercises jurisdiction over 22 provinces , five autonomous regions , four direct - controlled municipalities ( Beijing , Tianjin , Shanghai , and Chongqing ), and two mostly self - governing special administrative regions ( Hong Kong and Macau ), and claims sovereignty over Taiwan . The country ' s major urban areas include Shanghai , Guangzhou , Beijing , Chongqing , Shenzhen , Tianjin and Hong Kong . China is a great power and a major regional power within Asia , and has been characterized as a potential superpower . Uzbekistan , officially the ___MASK72___ of Uzbekistan , is a doubly landlocked country in Central Asia . It is a unitary , constitutional , presidential ___MASK72___ , comprising twelve provinces , one autonomous ___MASK72___ and a ___MASK18___ city . Uzbekistan is bordered by five landlocked countries : Kazakhstan to the north ; Tajikistan to the southeast ; Kyrgyzstan to the northeast ; Afghanistan to the south ; and Turkmenistan to the southwest . Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain , is a ___MASK78___ largely located on the Iberian Peninsula in southwestern Europe , with two large archipelagos , the Balearic Islands in the Mediterranean ___MASK20___ and the Canary Islands off the North African Atlantic coast , two cities Ceuta and Melilla in the North African mainland and several small islands in the Alboran ___MASK20___ near the Moroccan coast . Its mainland is bordered to the south and east by the Mediterranean ___MASK20___ except for a small land boundary with Gibraltar ; to the north and northeast by France , Andorra , and the ___MASK17___ of Biscay ; and to the west and northwest by Portugal and the Atlantic Ocean . It is the only European country to have a border with an African country ( Morocco ) and its African territory accounts for nearly 5 % of its population , mostly in the Canary Islands but also in Ceuta and Melilla . North ___MASK53___ , officially the Democratic ___MASK66___ ' s ___MASK72___ of ___MASK53___ ( DPRK ), is a country in East Asia , in the northern part of the Korean Peninsula . Pyongyang is both the nation ' s ___MASK18___ as well as its largest city . To the north and northwest the country is bordered by China and by Russia along the Amnok ( known as the Yalu in China ) and Tumen rivers . The country is bordered to the south by South ___MASK53___ , with the heavily fortified Korean Demilitarized Zone ( DMZ ) separating the two . Vietnam , officially the Socialist ___MASK72___ of Vietnam ( SRV ), is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia . With an estimated 90 . 5 million inhabitants , it is the world ' s 14th - most - populous country , and the eighth - most - populous Asian country . Vietnam is bordered by China to the north , Laos to the northwest , Cambodia to the southwest , Thailand across the Gulf of Thailand to the southwest , and the Philippines , Malaysia and Indonesia across the South China ___MASK20___ to the east and southeast . Its capital city has been Hanoi since the reunification of North and South Vietnam in 1976 . Japan (" Nippon " or " Nihon " ; formally "" or " Nihon - koku ", means " ___MASK60___ of Japan ") is a sovereign ___MASK94___ in Eastern Asia . Located in the Pacific Ocean , It is lying off the eastern coast of the Asia Mainland ( east of China , Korea , Russia ) and stretching from the ___MASK20___ of Okhotsk in the north to the East China ___MASK20___ and near Taiwan in the southwest . South ___MASK53___ , officially the ___MASK72___ of ___MASK53___ ( ROK ), is a sovereign state in East Asia , constituting the southern part of the Korean Peninsula .