Koreans mainly live in the two Korean capitals.
Koreans (South Korean: //, //, Han minjok/ethnic, Hanguk-in (people of the Han nation), Hanguksaram, North Korean: //, //, Joseon minjok/ethnic, Joseon-in (people)/Joseonsaram; see Names of Korea) are an East Asian ethnic group native to the Korean Peninsula
 During the Korea under Japanese rule of 19101945, Koreans were often recruited and or forced into labour service to work in mainland Japan, Karafuto Prefecture (Sakhalin), and Manchukuo; the ones who chose to remain in Japan at the end of the war became known as Zainichi Koreans, while the roughly 40,000 Koreans who were trapped in Karafuto after the Soviet invasion are typically referred to as Sakhalin Koreans

