Korean, the official language of both North and South Korea, is spoken by approximately 80 million people worldwide. It is taught at nearly twenty colleges and university in the United States, and the majority of students studying the language are heritage speakers. The U.S. is South Korea's second-largest trading partner, and in 2007 the two countries signed a Free Trade Agreement which is expected to stimulate billions more dollars in trade. There is also an ongoing U.S. military presence in South Korea, with almost 30,000 troops stationed there. This reference, perfect for businesspeople, students, and travelers, contains more than 20,000 entries of Korean. -Many entries include related words and phrases or example sentences -All Korean words are given in Korean characters and in their Romanized form, for use by beginning or advanced readers -Helpful appendices include the names of languages and ethnicities, kinship terms, and numbers