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| JCA | Dec 21 2007, 11:03 PM |
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That is definitely not what blackman was trying to say! Koreans tend to have short, broad (rather triangular, actually) noses, and their midfacial regions are not long at all. Are you confusing them with Manchus or something? By a "triangular nose," I mean that their noses tend to be relatively narrow at the top (between the eyes) and relatively broad at the bottom (just above the upper lip). In my experience, the typical Korean nose resembles the typical Ainu "pig nose," but Koreans tend to have a flatter glabellar region. This sort of "pig nose" is very common among Southeast Asians and Indians, too. The Yemeni man in that old black-and-white photo posted by Irano_Afghan has the same sort of nose. I don't know where people who don't know Koreans get their stereotypes of them! Here are some typical Koreans:    
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