“At the 2016 census, 123,017 persons resident in Australia identified themselves as being of Korean ancestry.” *

“Around 84.5% of overseas Koreans live in just five countries: China, the United States, Japan, Canada, and Uzbekistan. 2.6 million reside in the United States. *

“Koreans in Japan… are a group distinct from South Korean nationals who have immigrated to Japan after the end of World War II and the division of Korea.” *

“South Koreans identify with Judaism's arduous history of being oppressed peoples, surviving adversity with nothing but intellect and ingenuity to socioeconomically succeed, as well as its strong emphasis on family.” *

“Koreans in China are the second largest ethnic Korean population living outside the Korean Peninsula, after Korean Americans.” *

“As of 2016, Korean Canadians are the 8th largest group of Asian Canadians.” *

“The Korean diaspora in Uzbekistan, known as "Koryoin" or "Koryo-saram," predominantly comprises ethnic Koreans who were forcibly deported from Vladivostok, on the eastern coast of the Soviet Union, to Central Asia in 1937 during the rule of Joseph Stalin.” *

“As of 2010, Germany has been hosting the second-largest number of Koreans residing in Western Europe, if one excludes Korean sojourners (students and general sojourners).” *

“ According to the Overseas Korean Foundation, between 1999 and 2005, the UK's Korean population nearly quadrupled from 10,836, surpassing the older community of Koreans in Germany to become the largest in Europe.” *

“Mexico City's Zona Rosa district has a Koreatown known as Pequeño Seúl (Little Seoul), filled with businesses established by the new migrants.” *

Italy and South Korea established diplomatic relations on November 24, 1956. *

Korean cuisines as gained popularity in Puerto Rico in recent years, such as kimchi, bulgogi, bibimbap, japchae, tteokbokki, and Korean fried chicken, fried rice and barbecue ,