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Hermit Kingdom

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noun

  1. Korea during the period, c1637–c1876, when it was cut off from contact with all countries except China.


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Fred and Cindy Warmbier sued North Korea over their son’s death and in December were awarded $501 million in damages – money that the Hermit Kingdom will probably never pay.

From Fox News • Apr. 25, 2019

Sun thought back to his one-week excursion to the most isolated country in the world, nicknamed the Hermit Kingdom.

From BBC • Jun. 17, 2018

As with many things in the Hermit Kingdom, it was also a bit strange.

From Washington Post • Jan. 15, 2015

Kirk told WBEZ-FM that it was vital to show The Hermit Kingdom that "you cannot edit what we want to see and do in the United States under the First Amendment."

From Chicago Tribune • Dec. 20, 2014

The Hermit Kingdom, as it has been called, became completely isolated and stagnant nor was there any literary or intellectual life except the mechanical study of the Chinese classics.

From Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3 by Eliot, Charles, Sir

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