Korea Passing

English Etymology From en 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 en 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 en September 26, 2017 Korea Passing: Seoul’s New Foreign Policy Concern ScienceDirect https://keia.org/the-peninsula/korea-passing-seouls-new-foreign-policy-concern/ 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. https://web.archive.org/web/20251011202941/https://keia.org/the-peninsula/korea-passing-seouls-new-foreign-policy-concern/ 11 October 2025 en South Korea History of Korea