朝鲜

But while Mr. Kim's cinephilic ardor is well established, the cinema of and about North Korea remains as murky as one would expect of a nation routinely described as a hermit kingdom and an information black hole.

虽然金正日对电影的热爱是毫无疑问的，但对于这个常常被称为&封闭王国&以及&信息黑洞&的国度，朝鲜制作的电影以及关于朝鲜的电影总是像雾里看花一样。

Banks around the world had severed ties with North Korea after America last September blacklisted a Macau bank accused of doing business with the hermit kingdom, making foreign money tighter for the Great Leader.

然而在去年9月美国把一家与朝鲜有业务往来的澳门银行列入黑名单后，全球的银行都争相斩断与朝鲜的业务来往，此时伟大领袖金正日要想获得国外资金已经变得非常困难。

Two American female journalists held by North Korea were freed when Bill Clinton went to Pyongyang to meet Kim Jong Il, the Hermit Kingdom's ailing dictator.

比尔克林顿前往平壤会见金正日，并使得朝鲜释放了两位被关押的美国女记者。重疾在身的金正日是朝鲜这个封闭国家的独裁者。

Early this year, he called for North Korea to end its daily invectives against Mr.

今年初，他呼吁朝鲜停止每天对现任总统李明博的谩骂，也敦促李明博改变不再对朝鲜提供无条件经济援助的政策。

Yeah, that is a singular moment of the Secretary of State and then her husband in North Korea, but a question to you, I noticed that at the airport, President Clinton, former President Clinton was greeted by Kim Kye Gwan who's head of the nuclear negotiating team from North Korea.

先是国务卿去朝鲜，然后是她的丈夫，这是很让人欣慰的。但有个问题，我注意到在机场迎接总统和副总统的是Kim Kye Gwan，他是朝鲜核试验协商团队的领导人。

A state development bank will begin operating in mid-March to improve weak transportation systems and other infrastructure.

朝鲜国家开发银行将从本月中旬开始，向基建领域注资以改善朝鲜目前薄弱的交通和基础设施状况。

Lol, how can you claim Koguryo when Wangun who founded Koryo said I don't remember well but he said kinda "They filled Pyongyang with thorns and thistles, and I shall avenge them"?

如果我们真的&每次都战败&了，或者朝鲜真如你说得那么强大，为什么朝鲜几百年来一直在做中国的附属国？

"Choe Thae Bok, alternative member of the Political Bureau and secretary of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, speaking on behalf of the WPK, hailed the successful nuclear test, reflecting the unanimous feelings of all the party members and other working people of the country, and warmly congratulated scientists, technicians and workers on having successfully ensured the nuclear test with ardent patriotism and loyalty," the statement said.

声明说：&中央政治局候补委员和朝鲜劳动党中央委员会秘书金永南代表代表朝鲜劳动党发表讲话欢庆这次核试验的成功，它标志着全体党员和广大劳动人民的一致意愿。就本次核试验的成功向科学家，工程技术人员表示热烈的祝贺。他们强烈的爱国心和对国家的忠诚确保了此次核试验的成功。&

These stations employ stringers in North Korea who communicate by cell phone or smuggle out interviews through China.

这些电台雇佣朝鲜的兼职记者，他们用手机与外界通讯，或经中国把采访内容偷运出朝鲜。

The second is to transform strategic relations with all its surrounding powers, and particularly with China and Japan: the Korean psyche is deeply sensitised to a history of neighbours invading the peninsula.

二是转变该国与相邻政治力量的战略关系，特别是中国和日本。朝鲜对于邻国入侵朝鲜半岛的历史非常的敏感。

She gently rebuff ed him, but agreed that they could be friends

她婉言拒绝了，但同意作为朋友相处。

If in the penal farm, you were sure to be criticized.

要是在劳改农场，你等着挨绳子吧！