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Hermit Kingdom

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Hermit Kingdom: see Korea Korea , Korean Hanguk or Choson, region and historic country (85,049 sq mi/220,277 sq km), E Asia. A peninsula, 600 mi (966 km) long, Korea separates the Sea of Japan (called the East Sea by Koreans) on the east from the Yellow Sea (and Korea Bay [or
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Hermit Kingdom
the Korea; so called for 300-year closed-door policy. [Am. Hist.: Van Doren, 286]


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The United Nations responded by placing further sanctions on the hermit kingdom, with the aim of cutting off it arms trade - one of its few sources of hard cash.
The hermit kingdom to the north may have set off a nuclear test, but the chances of a mass attack across the DMZ are slim these days.
In September, having just returned from a trip to the Hermit Kingdom, media mogul Ted Turner told GQ: "There weren't a lot of fat people walking around.
 
 
 
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