월북

Korean

Etymology

    Sino-Korean word from 越 (“cross over, go to”) + 北 (“north”).

    Pronunciation

    Romanizations
    Revised Romanization?wolbuk
    Revised Romanization (translit.)?wolbug
    McCune–Reischauer?wŏlbuk
    Yale Romanization?wel.puk

    Noun

    월북 • (wolbuk) (hanja 越北)

    1. going north over the border; defecting to North Korea
      Antonym: 월남(越南) (wollam)
    2. (specifically) a group of Korean writers who moved from the US-occupied South Korea to the Soviet-occupied North Korea after the separation in 1945

    Derived terms

    • 월북하다 (wolbukhada)
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