English Learning for Curious Minds

The media might portray it as just a failed state run by a mad dictator, but today we'll find out that things might be just a little bit more complicated than they seem.

Full transcript and key vocabulary available on www.leonardoenglish.com

Show Notes

🔪🔪🔪 January Special Offer [ends 23:59 Jan 14th] 🔪🔪🔪

Become a Pro Member and get “Students of Murder” course (normally €49) for free: https://bit.ly/Jan2025Offer

---


The media might portray it as just a failed state run by a mad dictator, but today we'll find out that things might be just a little bit more complicated than they seem. 

In today's episode we cover:

  • Post Second World War - US vs. USSR in the Korean Peninsula
  • The Korean War
  • The post-war years
  • North Korea & China
  • Nuclear weapons (and why do they really have them?)
  • Kim Jong-un
  • North Korea in 2020
  • 4 weird facts about North Korea (haircuts, marijuana, holes in one & the calendar)


Key vocabulary: Isolated, Feature, Animates, Neat, Slap bang in the middle, Powerhouse, Pariah, Hermit, Dictator, Recapping, Peninsula, Annexed, Colony, Guerilla, Construct, Jurisdiction, Backing, Stronghold, Armistice, Thriving, Polar, Unwind, Dissolution, Toppled, Precarious, Cozy up, Buffer, Affiliated, Perished, Enriching, Uranium, Volatile, Ruthless, Erratic, Counterpart, , Offensively, Reprisal, Offensive, Deterrent, Bargaining, Diplomatic, Concessions, Dismal, Prestige, Credentials, Longevity, Portrayed, Missile, Legitimacy, Gestures, Surreal, Brutal, Sentenced, Lighthearted, Curtail, Trivia, Feats, Sank, Hole in one, Phenomenally, Enlightening


Full transcript and key vocabulary available on the website www.leonardoenglish.com/podcasts/north-korea-the-hermit-kingdom

---

You might like:

🔓 Unlock bonus episodes, interactive transcripts, subtitles & vocabulary lists

🔪 [Ending Soon!] January "Students of Murder" Special Offer

🧑‍💼 Demystifying Business English Course

📹 A look inside Leonardo English membership

⚡️  How To Use Podcasts Like A Boss To Learn English

📧 Join the weekly newsletter

✍️ Free English Grammar Checker

---

Keywords: Learn English, vocabulary, lessons, idioms, aprende inglés, idiomas, aprender inglês, apprendre l'anglais, imparare l’inglese, ingilizce öğren,英語を習う, تعلم الإنجليزية

What is English Learning for Curious Minds?

Are you looking for a more interesting way to learn English?

English Learning for Curious Minds is a podcast for intermediate-advanced English learners.

Learn weird and wonderful things about the world at the same time as improving your English.

Every episode comes with an interactive transcript, subtitles and key vocabulary and is spoken at a speed you can understand.

Join listeners from 189 countries and discover a more interesting way of improving your English.

Find the bonus episodes, interactive transcripts, subtitles, key vocabulary, and more at www.leonardoenglish.com