English Explanatory Dictionary

Korea Passing

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

Korea Passing

Etymology

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.

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