English word senses marked with place category "North Korea"
Parent categories: Asia, Korea, Earth, Eurasia, Nature
Subcategories: Chagang Province, Kangwon Province, North Hamgyong Province, North Hwanghae Province, North Pyongan Province, Ryanggang Province, South Hamgyong Province, South Hwanghae Province, South Pyongan Province
Total 41 word senses
- Best Korea (Proper name) North Korea; the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
- Chagang (Proper name) A province of North Korea. Capital: Kanggye.
- D.P.R.K. (Proper name) Rare spelling of DPRK.
- DPRK (Proper name) Initialism of Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
- Dear Leader (Proper name) A title adopted by Kim Jong Il, the supreme leader of North Korea from 1994–2011.
- Democratic People's Republic of Korea (Proper name) Official name of North Korea.
- Hamhung (Proper name) The provincial capital of South Hamgyong Province, North Korea; the country's 2nd-largest city and 3rd-largest port.
- Hermit Kingdom (Proper name) North Korea.
- Hungnam (Proper name) A district of Hamhung, South Hamgyong Province, North Korea.
- Juche (Noun) The state ideology of North Korea.
- KCNA (Proper name) Initialism of Korean Central News Agency, the state news agency of North Korea.
- Kangwon (Proper name) A province of North Korea. Capital: Wonsan.
- Kangwŏn (Proper name) McCune-Reischauer romanization of Kangwon (a province of North Korea).
- Kimilsungism (Noun) Juche, the political thesis formed by the former North Korean leader Kim Il-sung.
- Kimjongilism (Noun) Juche; the political thesis formed by the former North Korean leader Kim Il-sung, as subsequently influenced by Kim Jong-il.
- Koreaboo (Noun) A non-Korean person who is obsessed with Korean culture (especially K-pop or K-dramas).
- Kwangmyong (Proper name) The national intranet service of North Korea opened in the early 2000s.
- Nork (Noun) A North Korean.
- North Hamgyong (Proper name) A province of North Korea. Capital: Chongjin
- North Hwanghae (Proper name) A province of North Korea. Capital: Sariwon.
- North Korea (Proper name) A country in East Asia, whose territory consists of the northern part of Korea. Official name: Democratic People's Republic of Korea. Capital: Pyongyang.
- North Pyongan (Proper name) A province of North Korea. Capital: Sinuiju.
- People's Korea (Proper name) North Korea.
- Rajin (Proper name) A district of Rason, North Korea.
- Ryanggang (Proper name) A province of North Korea. Capital: Hyesan.
- Sea of Japan (Proper name) The body of water between Japan, Sakhalin, the Asian continent, and Jeju Island.
- Songun (Noun) The official policy of North Korea, by which the military gets first cut on food, clothing, medicine, and other necessities.
- South Hamgyong (Proper name) A province of North Korea. Capital: Hamhung.
- South Hwanghae (Proper name) A province of North Korea. Capital: Haeju.
- South Pyongan (Proper name) A province of North Korea. Capital: Pyongsong.
- WPK (Proper name) Initialism of Workers' Party of Korea.
- Yellow Sea (Proper name) An arm of the Pacific Ocean between mainland China and the Korean peninsula.
- axis of evil (Noun) A group of states accused by George W. Bush of sponsoring terrorism and seeking weapons of mass destruction, originally defined as Iran, Iraq, and North Korea.
- blue won (Noun) A foreign exchange certificate issued to visitors to North Korea from capitalist countries.
- jangmadang (Noun) A kind of local market or black market in North Korea that emerged since the famine in the 1990s.
- kotjebi (Noun) A homeless child in North Korea.
- kwalliso (Noun) A labour and concentration camp operated by North Korea, especially used for political prisoners.
- kyohwaso (Noun) A prison in North Korea used as a reeducation camp.
- red won (Noun) A foreign exchange certificate issued to visitors to North Korea from socialist countries.
- songbun (Noun) A system of ascribed status in North Korea, based on one's political, social, and economic background and the behaviour of relatives.
- won (Noun) The currency of Korea, worth 100 jun in North Korea and 100 jeon in South Korea.
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