Definitions
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- proper noun A country in
East Asia , thenorthernmost of the twostates born of the partition ofKorea following theKorean War , often calledNorth Korea
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a communist country in the northern half of the Korean Peninsula; established in 1948
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Examples
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All this inanity didn't keep the ardent revolutionaries at WBAI in New York from treating North Korea (which they called the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, or DPRK) with the proper reverence back in the 1980s, when I was on the air there.
GreenCine Daily 2009
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The Democratic People's Republic of Korea is a relic of the Cold War, a Stalinist remnant in which some 23 million people suffer and even starve.
Doug Bandow: Seven Steps to Take in Dealing with North Korea 2009
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Describing the often "harrowing and horrific human rights violations" in the quaintly-titled Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), the report was tabled during hearings of the Geneva-based Human Rights Council.
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"The Security Council condemns the 5 April 2009 launch by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, which is in contravention of Security Council resolution 1718 of 2006," the statement said.
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"The Security Council condemns the 5 April 2009 launch by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, which is in contravention of Security Council resolution 1718 of 2006," the statement said.
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"The Security Council condemns the 5 April 2009 launch by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, which is in contravention of of 2006," the statement said.
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"The Security Council condemns the 5 April 2009 launch by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, which is in contravention of Security Council resolution 1718 of 2006," the statement said.
Reuters: Top News 2009
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"The Security Council condemns the 5 April 2009 launch by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, which is in contravention of Security Council resolution 1718 of 2006," the statement said.
Reuters: Top News 2009
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"The Security Council condemns the 5 April 2009 launch by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, which is in contravention of Security Council resolution 1718 of 2006," the statement said.
Reuters: Top News 2009
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The Democratic People's Republic of Korea is the Banner of Freedom and Independence for Our People and the Powerful Weapon of Building Socialism and Communism: Report at the 20th Anniversary Celebration of the Founding of the D.P.R.K.,
OpEdNews - Quicklink: Invoking the Memory of Mandela the Freedom Fighter 2008
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