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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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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