12 Reasons You Should Study Korean.

South Korea and North Korea speak Korean as their official language, which has a combined population of over 73 million people (50 million in the South and 23 million in the North). Significant ethnic Korean populations also speak Korean in China, Japan, Central Asia, and the United States, where 1.7 million Korean Americans live. 1.1 million are foreign-born, with moreover than half having little English proficiency. South Korea's high-tech, service-based economy is the 11th largest globally, the sixth-largest exporter, and the sixth-largest trade partner with the United States. Korea, which is now well-positioned in the global economy, is anticipated to be the seventh-largest economy in the world by 2030. Many of the country's world-class brands have operations in the United States, including Samsung, Kia, Hyundai, LG, and Lotte. Thousands of American companies are actively engaged in doing business in Korea and catering to the country's large Korean-born population. Web ...