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mithridates · Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2006 6:45 am Post subject: Using Korean in other countries

http://wiki.galbijim.com/Using_Korean_abroad

Anyone care to help out? I know nothing about where to use Korean in New York, Sydney, etc. etc. Anyone can hit edit and add to the article linked above or just write something here and I'll add it. The two cities in China are from my experiences. Can't remember how many Koreans there were in Paris.

Here it is so far:

Neil · Joined: 02 Jan 2004 Location: Tokyo

New Malden a leafy suburb of South West London is the UK's Koreatown. Apparently up to 20000 Korean expats there.

mithridates · Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2006 8:29 am Post subject:

msteck01 · Joined: 24 Mar 2006

In New York City, around 5th/6th Ave's and around the area of 30-36 St is Manhattan's Koreatown. A good deal of Korean businesses around, and always some of the largest groups of Koreans you see in one place in NY.

Hater Depot · Joined: 29 Mar 2005

The largest groups of Korean you will see in NYC are in Flushing. It's like stepping back into Korea. Very different from the lame two-block scene in Manhattan -- wow, you can get kalbi and uh.. oh, there's a supermarket too.

Thiuda · Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2006 4:18 pm Post subject:

Germany has a poulation of 30.000 Koreans, making it the largest expat Korean population in Europe... I'll try an cite my sources.

JAWINSEOUL · Joined: 19 Nov 2005

I met my fiance in Toronto while she was studying. There are over 100 000 Koreans who reside or visit Toronto each year. Although it may seem like a racially bias joke, most of convenience stores are run by Koreans.

Top 5 places in Toronto to Find Korean��s

#1 Korea town (Bloor and Christie)
#2 Toronto reference library (Young and Bloor)
#3 Mini Korea town (Young and Finch)
#4 Any Starbucks
#5 Any library

huffdaddy · Joined: 25 Nov 2005

Chicago -

http://www.wildonions.org/LN-Koreatown.htm

Wangja · Joined: 17 May 2004 Location: Seoul, Yongsan

seattlespew · Joined: 01 Mar 2006

Wangja · Joined: 17 May 2004 Location: Seoul, Yongsan

New Malden, Kingston, England ....

eamo · Joined: 08 Mar 2003 Location: Shepherd's Bush, 1964.

Soul Forest · Joined: 22 Mar 2006 Location: Seoul Forest

In Osaka, Japan, there's the Tsuruhashi area, which gets referred to as Korea Town. Go there, and you can eat Korean food at half-the-portion and double-the-price. When I lived in Osaka during the 2002 World Cup, I went there to watch a Korea game. Most of the people were second-generation Korean Japanese, who didn't actually speak much Korean (a few did). There are several blocks and alleys of Korean food vendors and barbecue restaurants.
Here's a Wikipedia link to Tsuruhashi:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsuruhashi_Station

I also heard that there is a mall in Shibuya, Tokyo linked to one of the fashion-malls at Dongdaemun, something like Doota or Migliore.

Of course, the America section wouldn't be complete without mentioning Koreatown, Los Angeles -- as far as I know, it's a lot bigger than anything New York has to offer.
I heard that Koreans like to live in L.A. or Vancouver, cause they're the nearest respective places in Canada/USA to Korea.

By the way, I would have edited this wiki myself, but I didn't know how to add a new country, "Japan," to the list of countries already there, and my knowledge of L.A. is too insubstantial to actually be the one who writes the entry for Korea Town, L.A..

Zoidberg · Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2006 9:12 am Post subject:

huffdaddy · Joined: 25 Nov 2005

There are a lot of exiled Koreans in Uzbekistan. I'm not sure how much Korean they speak, though. Just go to any bazaar and look for the salad ladies.