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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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The life of the 43-year-old Hermit Kingdom survivor has been scarred by battle after battle, and all she can do now is pick up the pieces.

From Fox News Nov. 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

As early as 1876, the Mikado's advisers entered on a course which obviously aimed at the attainment of commercial, if not, also, political, ascendency in the Hermit Kingdom.

From China by Demetrius Charles Boulger

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