10 years ago, Kim Jong Un became leader of North Korea after the death of his father. In the following decade, the secretive country and its leader have rarely been out of the news. Let’s discuss what happened during North Korea’s past decade in this episode of Thinking in English!

TRANSCRIPT - https://thinkinginenglish.blog/2021/12/15/122-ten-years-of-kim-jong-un-north-koreas-last-decade-explained-english-vocabulary-lesson/

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Vocabulary List

Secretive (adj) - If something or someone is secretive, they don’t want others to know anything about them
She is very secretive about her age
Personality Cult (n) - official organised love for a particular person, especially a political leader
Stalin establish a personality cult in the Soviet Union
To force (v) - to make something happen, or make someone do something difficult, unpleasant, or unusual, especially by threatening or not offering the possibility of choice
I have to force myself to be nice to him
Heir apparent (n) - the person with the automatic right to legally receive all or most of the money, property, titles, etc. from another person when they die
The Prince of Wales is the heir apparent to the throne of England
To purge (v) - to get rid of people from an organisation because you do not agree with them
Party leaders have purged the political party of extremists
Noticeable (adj) - easy to see or recognize
There has been a noticeable improvement in James’s cooking
Repressive (adj) - controlling what people do, especially by using force
Myanmar was taken over by a repressive military regime
Hardship (n) - a condition of life that causes difficulty or suffering
The 1930s were a time of high unemployment and economic hardship

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