"오리무중" meaning in Korean

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          "english": "Ten days have passed since Kim [a minor] ran away from home, but his whereabouts remain very uncertain.",
          "roman": "gim gun-i gachulhanji yeolheur-i jinasseuna yeojeonhi haengbang-eun orimujung'ida.",
          "text": "김 군이 가출한지 열흘이 지났으나 여전히 행방은 오리무중이다.",
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          "english": "The disappointing verdict came that nothing was discernible due to excessive damage to the remains. With this, the dispute over Columbus's remains entered a state of uncertainty.",
          "ref": "2020, Jeong Su-il, 우리 안의 실크로드 [uri anui silkeurodeu, The Silk Road Within Us], Changbi Publishers, →ISBN:",
          "roman": "uri anui silkeurodeu",
          "text": "유해의 손상이 심해 아무것도 식별할 수 없다는 실망스러운 결론이 내려졌다. 이로써 콜럼버스의 유해 시비는 오리무중에 빠졌다.",
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          "english": "The most common form of dementia is Alzheimer's, which makes up more than two-thirds of patients, but its cause was up in the air.",
          "ref": "2020, 윤신영 [yunsinyeong], “국내 연구팀, 치매 발병 원인 새롭게 제시…치료제 개발에 도움 기대 [gungnae yeon'gutim, chimae balbyeong wonin saeropge jesi…chiryoje gaebare doum gidae, Korean research team proposes new cause of dementia onset... Anticipated to contribute to development of remedies]”, in Dong-a Ilbo:",
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    "Book of the Later Han",
    "zh:張楷 (東漢)"
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          "roman": "gim gun-i gachulhanji yeolheur-i jinasseuna yeojeonhi haengbang-eun orimujung'ida.",
          "text": "김 군이 가출한지 열흘이 지났으나 여전히 행방은 오리무중이다.",
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          "text": "유해의 손상이 심해 아무것도 식별할 수 없다는 실망스러운 결론이 내려졌다. 이로써 콜럼버스의 유해 시비는 오리무중에 빠졌다.",
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          "text": "가장 흔한 치매는 환자의 3분의 2 이상을 차지하는 알츠하이머 치매인데, 원인이 오리무중이었다.",
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