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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

We had just ratified a treaty with China, after long obstinacy on their part, and Japan was still The Hermit Kingdom and the Mikado an unknown quantity.

From A Little Girl in Old New York by Douglas, Amanda Minnie