Hermit Kingdom

English

Proper noun

the Hermit Kingdom

  1. (colloquial or poetic) North Korea.
    • 2014 September 30, Clint Richards, “Why Isn’t North Korea Angry About Its Isolation?”, in The Diplomat‎[1], archived from the original on 6 November 2024:
      Few international observers credit the Hermit Kingdom with behaving in a rational manner, yet its current behavior appears to be drifting out of its usual, if slightly illogical, pattern of threatening its neighbors when it finds itself isolated.
    • 2022 May 10, Catherine Swift, “Lessons from North Korea”, in The Niagara Independent‎[2], archived from the original on 12 October 2024:
      Her name is Yeonmi Park, and she escaped from the “Hermit Kingdom” of North Korea at the age of 13.
    • 2023 April 8, “Stay Away: Why US, Japan, South Korea want the world to strictly ban North Korean workers”, in Firstpost‎[3], archived from the original on 2 May 2023:
      The ministry pointed out that the envoys brought focus on North Korean workers as the Hermit Kingdom is expected to further reopen its international borders as the COVID-19 situation improves globally.
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