Korea Passing

English

Etymology

Korea +‎ passing, a term coined in 2017, in allusion to the earlier term "Japan passing", coined when US president Bill Clinton visited China without visiting Japan in 1998.

Noun

Korea Passing (uncountable)

1. (South Korea, politics, neologism) The phenomenon of South Korea being alienated from the international community in the course of discussions on North Korea in 2017. [from 2017]
   • 2017 September 26, “Korea Passing: Seoul’s New Foreign Policy Concern”, in ScienceDirect‎^[1]:

     The expression “Korea Passing” is being used more frequently these days by politicians and scholars in South Korea because they feel insecure while North Korea and the U.S. are talking mostly to each other.