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noun
The phenomenon of South Korea being alienated from the international community in the course of discussions on North Korea in 2017.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: South-Korea, neologism, uncountable
Topics: government, politics
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
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.
