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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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Concerns over whether the Hermit Kingdom fired a ballistic missile from a submarine rose after officials announced the test on Tuesday.

From Fox News • Oct. 2, 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

It is manifest that, by this agreement, China, practically, acquiesced in Japan's assertion of an equal right to control the Hermit Kingdom.

From China by Boulger, Demetrius Charles

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