朝鲜

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.

两名美国女记者被朝鲜逮捕，直到比尔·克林顿前往平壤会见金正日时才被释放。金正日是这个与世隔绝的国家的独裁者，他的身体境况不佳。

Kim Kwang-jin, a senior research fellow at the Institute for National Security Strategy in Seoul, estimates that $50m-60m in American currency circulates in the hermit kingdom, based on a survey conducted at the behest of the "dear leader", Kim Jong Il, in the late 1990s.

韩国国家安全局的高级研究员金光镇（Kim Kwang-jin）根据一份上世纪90年代由"伟大领袖"金正日主持的调查报告，估计在大概有5000-6000万美元的伪钞在朝鲜流通。

Beijing also refuses to allow the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees formal access to North Koreans living in the country.

北京还拒绝让联合国难民事务高级专员正式访问朝鲜人在中国的生活。

Observers reckoned it was significant the meeting happened at Mount Kumgang, where Hyundai Asan ran tourist trips to the North until a South Korean holidaymaker was shot dead by a soldier last year.

观察人士认为，会晤安排在金刚山举行意义重大。现代峨山曾组织韩国旅游团前往那里观光，直至去年发生一名韩国度假者被朝鲜士兵击毙的事件。

The biggest character of the traditional shoes is that the top of shoes bents up a little, which shows hook-like curve, this kind of show and the hanbok shows us the perfect curve.

与服装相呼应的便是朝鲜民族的传统鞋，其最大的特点便是鞋头向上弯起，呈勾状，这种弯起的鞋头正与韩服的袖子相呼应，演绎出完美的曲线。

Despite the armistice, however, the border between North and South Korea has remained one of the most heavily fortified Cold War "hot spots" in the world for more than fifty years.

尽管停战，但之间的边界朝鲜和韩国一直是一个最戒备森严的冷战时期的"热点"在世界上超过五十年。

"In Japan , students who have studied in China are hotly sought after by major corporations."

一个极有说服力的例子就是在日本的朝鲜人。

Chinese companies have been hungrily eyeing North Korea's mineral reserves, from iron ore to coal and gold.

中国的公司对朝鲜埋藏着的矿物资源望眼欲穿，这些矿藏从铁矿到煤矿及金矿。

For proponents of missile defense, it proves that North Korea is another step further to developing an ICBM capability.

对于导弹防御系统的支持者来说，它证明了朝鲜向发展洲际弹道导弹又迈进了一步。

North Korea used the Taepodong 1 design to develop an ICBM, the Taepodong 2, with a range of 6,000 kilometers.

朝鲜使用大浦洞-1设计发展洲际弹道导弹，即大浦洞-2型，具有6，000公里射程。

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！