Why is 가리키다 used in this sentence?
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In the book 'Modern Korean' by 김남길 there is this sentence: 그레서 한국 사람을 가리켜 '흰 옷을 입은 사람들' 이라고 불렀다.
Therefore Koreans were called 'the people who wore white clothes'. How does 가리키다 participate in this sentence?

It means indicating or pointing to the Koreans and calling them 'the people dressed in white clothes."