North Korea

alternative dated north Korea

1. 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 Korea has traditionally been especially strong in weightlifting, dominating the event at the Jakarta Asian Games in 2018 with eight golds.

   2023 September 14, “North Korea set to end years-long sporting isolation at Asian Games”, in France 24, archived from the original on 14 Sep 2023

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   The Little Assembly directed the commission to hold elections "wherever possible" which means, in effect, the United States-occupied zone. Russia, occupying North Korea, has boycotted the commission completely.

   1948 March 9 [1948 March 8], “U.N. Officials Fight Korea Voting Plan”, in The Washington Post, number 26,199, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 4, column 2

   A few species such as bat, shrew, striped hamster and muskrat are found only in North Korea. Also only in North Korea are tiger, lynx, two species of deer, Manchurian weasel and northern pika in the plateau regions of Paektusan.

   1985, H. Edward Kim, “Land and People”, in Facts about Korea, 18th Revised edition, Seoul: Hollym Corporation, →OCLC, page 22

   North Korea is currently experiencing a dire food crisis, with analysts warning the present situation could deteriorate into a similar humanitarian disaster seen during the four-year famine in the mid-1990s — referred to as the "Arduous March" by the regime — which led to the deaths of millions of people.

   2023 January 27, Julian Ryall, “North Korea teetering on the brink of a humanitarian crisis”, in DW News, archived from the original on 27 Jan 2023

   Some 200 hectares of rice paddies in Kangwon Province are reported to have been flooded by tropical storm Khanun, which swept across North Korea last week after battering Japan’s Okinawa.

   2023 August 18, Gavin Blair, “Kim Jong-un at typhoon-hit farms as North Korea rebuked over starvation”, in The Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 18 Aug 2023

   Satellite images show an “unprecedented” number of freight railcars on the border between Russia and North Korea following a summit between the countries’ leaders in which they discussed military cooperation.

   2023 October 7, “‘Unprecedented’ freight rail cars on North Korea’s border with Russia: satellite images”, in EFE, archived from the original on 08 Oct 2023

   Synonyms: Best Korea, Hermit Kingdom, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, DPRK, Juche Korea, People's Korea

1. alternativedatedAlternative form of North Korea.

   The Korean press reported that General Kim Ilsung had been made chairman of the "people's commissariat" in the Russian occupation zone, north Korea.

   1946 February 22 [1946 February 20], “New Korean Chairman”, in China Mail, number 33280, →OCLC, page 4, column 3

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   A Korean Communist selected as a vice chairman of the government for north Korea in the Russian occupied zone was assassinated as he was leaving a conference with Col. Gen. Chistjakoff, commander of the soviet 25th army, a Korean refugee said today.

   1945 September 14 [1945 September 12], “North Korean Leader Slain in Reign of Terror”, in Chicago Daily Tribune, volume CIV, number 221, page 3, column 5

   Stating that while such aid is appreciated to some degree, the leftist newspapers demand a union of north and south Korea through cooperation of the two occupying powers, followed by complete independence.[…] Many believe that in the face of the contemplated assistance from the United States the Soviet forces in north Korea will be unable to withstand the pressure with propaganda alone. That the Soviet Union has already recognized this is indicated, according to informed sources, by the removal of the Soviet commander in north Korea, I. Chistiakov, a Guards colonel general, who was replaced a few days ago by Lieut. Gen. Gennadi Petrovitch Korotkov, former commander of the Soviet Tenth Guards Army in Estonia.

   1947 April 11, Richard J. H. Johnston, “Soviet Parley Bid in Korea Expected”, in The New York Times, volume XCVI, number 32,584, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 18, column 3

   Moreover, the reactionary economic and political forces in south Korea show little sympathy with the commission meetings now being held in an effort to achieve American-Russian rapprochement. Instead, their program calls for American pressure to dislodge Russia and the Communists from north Korea, by force if necessary.

   1947 September 10, Thoburn T. Brumbaugh, “Soviet Nightmare in Korea”, in The Christian Century, volume LXIV, number 37, Chicago: Christian Century Foundation, page 1077, column 1