North Korea Flashcards
가혹하다
harsh; cruel; brutal
경제특구
special economic zone
개성공단
Kaesong Industrial Complex
고향 방문단
hometown visiting group
공개처형
public execution
공동선언
joint declaration
교류협력
exchange and cooperation
교착상태
deadlock; impasse
국군포로
a South Korean POW in NK
굶주리다
to starve
납북
abduction by NK
납지
abduction; kidnapping
대북제재
sanction against NK
독재
dictatorship
동결하다
to freeze
동맹
an alliance; a union; a league
동원하다
to mobilize
망명하다
to exile oneself; to flee from one’s own country
민족반역
treason against one’s own people
배제하다
to exclude; to eliminate
보장하다
to guarantee
비료
fertilizer
비전향 장기수
unconverted long term prisoner
비핵화
denuclearization
사회주의
socialism
생사확인
confirmation of life and death
선제공격
a preemptive strike
송환하다
to repatriate; to send back
수석대표
the chief delegate
시사하다
to imply; to suggest
식량난
the difficulty of obtaining food
억류하다
to detain
여부
yes or no; whether or not
열악하다
inferior; poor; deteriorated
우상화
idolization
우호적
convivial; friendly
우회적
roundabout; indirectly
위폐 (위조지폐)
a forged bill
이념적
ideological
이산가족 상봉
reunion of dispersed family members
이행하다
to fulfill; to carry out; to execute
인권유린
human rights violation
인도적
humanitarian
자유시장 경제
free market economy
전력난
energy crisis
전향적
proactive
정례화하다
to regularize
정상회담
a summit talk
정착하다
to settle down
정치범
political offender
종전선언
declaration of the end of the war
주사파 (주체 사상파)
people that sympathize with the NK Juche ideology
책동
maneuvers; scheming
최고 인민 회의
Presidium of the Supreme People’s Assembly
탈북자; 새터민
NK defector
패권
hegemonic power
햇볕정책
sunshine policy
호혜적
reciprocal; give-and-take
화상상봉
real-time video reunion