is balhae korean or chinese?
Parhae, also spelled Balhae, Chinese (Pinyin) Bohai or (Wade-Giles romanization) Po-hai, state established in the 8th century among the predominantly Tungusic-speaking peoples of northern Manchuria (now Northeast China) and northern Korea by a former Koguryŏ general, Tae Cho-Yŏng (Dae Jo-Yeong).