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The Korean Wikipedia (Korean: 한국어 위키백과, romanized: Han-gugeo Wiki Baekgwa) is the Korean language edition of Wikipedia. It was founded on 11 October 2002 and reached ten thousand articles on 4 June 2005. [1] As of October 2024, it is the 23rd largest Wikipedia, with 687,044 articles and 1,901 active users. [2]
Modern Korean is written almost exclusively in the script of the Korean alphabet (known as Hangul in South Korea and Chosungul in China and North Korea), which was invented in the 15th century. Korean is sometimes written with the addition of some Chinese characters called Hanja; however, this is only occasionally seen nowadays.
We have 480 B grade articles (B is a solid grade for Wikipedia), compared to Japan's 1,940. And much of our B grade articles are on pop culture stuff, not key things in Korean culture. For example, the article for Seoul, the jewel of South Korea, is mediocre at best and has been this way for years. Compare this to London's .
For example, migrants from China (PRC) make up 56.5% of foreign nationals, but approximately 70% of the Chinese citizens in Korea are Joseonjok (조선족), PRC citizens of Korean ethnicity. [279] In addition, about 43,000 English teachers from English-speaking countries reside temporarily in Korea. [ 280 ]
Help complete our list of examples for individual Chinese roots or Hanja pages. Add examples, check for correct meanings, or add new characters that you find missing. Slang and Proverbs Please help organize and add new slang and proverbs. Korean translation needed! The pages listed here need to have a Korean version translated for them. If it ...
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The Korean Wikipedia is the Korean-language edition of Wikipedia. This edition was started in October 2002, and as of June 2020 15, has over 500,000 articles. [1] It is the 27th largest edition. [2]
