북한사회

가담하다

to participate; to engage in

가뭄

drought

가중되다

to be aggravated; added

가해자

perpetrator

감경되다

punishment is mitigated

감시하다

to keep watchful eye on

감염증

infectious disease

감지되다

to percieve

강수량

precipitation; the amount of rainfall

강타하다

to hit hard; to strike

강화되다

to be strengthened

개방하다

to open

거스르다

to counter; to resist; to go against

검증되다

to be proved, verified

결의안

resolution

고려되다

to be considered

고립되다

to be isolated

고증

historical research

고취하다

to inspire

곡물

grain, cereal

공감하다

sympathize

공개처형

public execution

공급

supply

공작

operation, espionage

공중 보건

public health

과소평가하다

to underestimate

관측되다

to be observed, predicted

교역

trade, commerce

국가보안법

National Security Law

국정감사

inspection and investigation of state administration, parliamentary audit

권력

power, authority

규제

regulation, restriction

극도로

extremely

기근

famine

기록하다

to record

낙인

stigma

난세

troubled times, turbulent days

납치하다

to kidnap, to abduct

누리다

to enjoy

단속반

law enforcement team

단절되다

to be cut off

달하다

to reach; to amount to

대가

compensation, price, cost

대외 봉쇄

border closure

도발

provocation

도청

wiretapping

독재국가

dictatorship

동거녀

live

마비되다

to be paralyzed

만성적이다

to be chronic

메우다

to fill in

면제

exemption

무역업자

trader

무자비하다

to be merciless

무작위로

randomly

미미하다

to be slight, insignificant

미화하다

to glorify

발사

fire, launch

발전기

generator

밝히다

to reveal, to disclose; to light

배포하다

to distribute

번영하다

to prosper

범행

criminal act

변수

variable

보위부

the (state political) security department of North Korea

보장되다

to be guaranteed

부적응

maladjustment

부적합하다

to be unsuitable, unfit

북송

repatriation to North Korea

분개하다

to get indignant

불가하다

to not permit, not allow; to disapprove

불시착

emergency landing

붕괴

collapse, fall

비극

tragedy

빌미

the cause (or root) of evil, the cause of trouble

사고방식

one's way of thinking

사지

limbs

상승하다

to rise, to go up

생소하다

to be unfamiliar; to be strange

선고 받다

to be sentenced

선전하다

to advertise

선처

favourable arrangement

세습하다

to pass on power from one generation to another

수용소

concentration camp

수치

figure, number

숙청

purge

숭배

worship

승계

succession

식량

food, provisions

신성하다

to be sacred, holy

신원

identity

실형

prison sentence

악성 암

malignant cancer

암시장

black market

암암리에

secretly

약육강식

law of the jungle

양산하다

to produce in large quantities

양형

weighing of an offence

언급하다

to mention

영도

leadership, guidance