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Korea Passing

Korea Passing noun: the phenomenon of South Korea being alienated from the international community in the course of discussions on North Korea in 2017.

Noun

Korea Passing (uncountable)

  1. (South-Korea, neologism) The phenomenon of South Korea being alienated from the international community in the course of discussions on North Korea in 2017.
    • The expression “Korea Passing” is being used more frequently these days by politicians and scholars in South Korea because they feel insecure while North Korea and the U.S. are talking mostly to each other.2017 September 26, “Korea Passing: Seoul’s New Foreign Policy Concern”, in ScienceDirect

Origin of Korea Passing

From Korea + passing, a term coined in 2017, in allusion to the earlier term "Japan passing", coined when US president Bill Clinton visited China without visiting Japan in 1998.

Questions about Korea Passing

What does Korea Passing mean?
Korea Passing means the phenomenon of South Korea being alienated from the international community in the course of discussions on North Korea in 2017.
What part of speech is Korea Passing?
Korea Passing is a noun.

Words near Korea Passing in the dictionary

  1. Kordylewski clouds
  2. kore
  3. Korea
  4. Korea Bay
  5. Korea Fish
  6. Korea Passing
  7. Korea Strait
  8. koreaboo
  9. koreaboos
  10. Koreagate
  11. Korean

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