Hermit kingdom

The term hermit kingdom can be used to refer to any country, organization or society which willfully walls itself off, either
metaphorically or physically, from the rest of the world - but is particularly associated with North Korea.

Korea in the age of Joseon dynasty was the subject of the first use of the term, in William Elliot Griffis' 1882 book Corea: The
Hermit Nation,[1][2] and Korea was frequently described as a hermit kingdom until 1905 when it became a protectorate of Japan.[3]
The term is still commonplace throughout Korea and it is often used by Koreans themselves to describe pre-modern Korea. Today,
the term is often applied to North Korea in news media, and in 2009 it was used by United States former Secretary of State Hillary
Clinton.[4]

See also
Foreign relations of North Korea
Isolationism

References
1. Fischer, David H. Historians' Fallacies: Toward a Logic of Historical Thought.
2. Wilson, Myoung Chung.Korean Government Publications: An Introductory Guide. Lantham, MD: Scarecrow Press,
2000.
3. The Obliteration of the Kingdom of Korea(https://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9802E4DD1F30E23
3A2575BC2A9619C946697D6CF)by Stephen Bonsal, The New York Times, July 28, 1907
4. http://beta.mytelus.com/telusen/portal/NewsChannel.aspx?
CatID=World&ArticleID=news/capfeed/world/w022017A.xml

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