NorK
n.— «Willl South Korea lose face if its soldiers liberate Nork concentration camps? And if that day does not come soon, who will be the next Pyongyang despot?» —“Asian Geopolitics Roundup” by Dan Abbott tdaxp May 3, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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