78-3-373
It was always wishful thinking to suppose that Mr Kim was developing his nukes in order to trade them away. His dynasty has spent half a century trying to acquire them, and the deal on offer from the outside world is unalluring. In essence it offers North Korea development aid and recognition in return for nuclear disarmament. Neither side of this bargain is in Mr Kim's interests. He would lose two powerful, related tools of totalitarian control: the claim to be holding the line against an outside world bent on war and destruction and the enforced isolation of his benighted people. A nuclear deal would make a nonsense of the first claim, while development would bring much more knowledge about the outside world.
Now his own poor health and the looming succession make even the pretence of a negotiated process too risky. The alternative to the status quo is not gradualist modernisation, as in China. Rather, it is collapse and unification on South Korea's terms. Already, the broad population is profoundly embittered with the corrupt tinpot despotism. If Mr Kim and his cronies are not tried for crimes against humanity, it may be because they have already been strung up from lampposts. In trying to ensure his dynasty's survival, the hard line is the 68-year-old Mr Kim's only option. He is digging his regime in for the long term. Quite literally: the country is a vast network of tunnels and underground complexes for the leaders. Starved of cash, North Korea is drawn to other pariahs for businesseven selling tunnelling advice to Myanmar's junta, another bunch of totalitarian troglodytes.

A. 어휘
nuke 핵무기, 원자력 발전소. trade away 팔아 버리다. dynasty 王朝(왕조).
acquire 손에 넣다, 취득하다. deal 거래. on offer 팔려고 내 놓은.
unalluring 유혹적이지 못한. cf. alluring 꾀어내는, 황홀하게 하는.
in essence 본질적으로. development aid 개발원조. recognition 인정.
nuclear disarmament 핵무장 해제. totalitarian control 전체주의적 통제.
bent on 열중해 있는, 힘을 쏟고 있는. cf. bend-bent-bent 구부리다, 당기다, 기울이다.
enforce 강요하다. isolation 고립. benighted 무식한, 蒙昧(몽매)한.
loom 어렴풋이 나타나다, 거대하게 나타나다. succession 後繼(후계).
pretence 위장, 구실, 허세 부리기. a negotiated process 협상과정.
alternative 代案(대안). status quo 現狀(현상). gradualist 漸進主義者(점진주의자).
collapse 崩壞(붕괴). population 주민. profoundly 깊이, 완전히.
embitter 괴롭히다, 憤激(분격)시키다. corrupt 부패한.
tinpot 劣等(열등)한, 下等(하등)의. despotism 독재정치. crony 徒黨(도당), 친한 친구.
try 재판하다. crimes against humanity 인류에 대한 범죄. string up 絞殺(교살)하다.
cf. string-strung-strung. lamppost 가로등의 기둥.
the hard line 强硬路線(강경노선). dig...in 참호를 파서...을 보호하다. regime 정권.
for the long term 長期戰(장기전)에 대비해서. literally 정말로, 확실히, 문자 그대로.
complex 종합시설, 복합체. starve 굶어 죽다. starved of cash 현금에 굶주려서.
pariah 부랑자. junta 군사정부. bunch (사람의)무리, 다발, 송이.
troglodyte 짐승처럼 거친 사람, 有史以前(유사이전)의 穴居人(혈거인), 類人猿(유인원).

B. 구문
- the claim to be holding the line . . . bent on war and destruction
[전쟁과 파괴에 몰두하고 있는 외부세계에 대항하는 노선을 취하고 있다는 주장]
- they have already been strung up from lampposts.
[그 들은 이민 교수형을 받아서 기둥에 매달려 있다]

78-4-374

Un-likely to succeed
After him is another matter. This Mr Kim has anointed as successor his 26-year-old third son, Kim Jong Un. The older Kim relied for his legitimacy on the strength of his father, Kim Il Sung. From his father he assumed the mantle of a neo-Confucian sun king, not unlike Emperor Hirohito before the war. The irony is rich since Kim and his fellow band of guerrillas swore oaths of fealty to each other when fighting the Japanese (and Japan remains a bogey). They became North Korea's ruling elite. The oaths passed with Mr Kim to the second generation, which holds all important posts of power. But now his pot belly is gone, his left arm looks nearly paralysed, and intimations of his mortality abound.
Can the third generation hang together? More likely, they will hang separately. These days other temptations distract the elite, which travels widely. Take Mr Kim's eldest son, accosted this month by Japanese television crews in Macau. Yes, he had also read the reports about his younger brother. Yes, the decision was his father's, with unerring judgment. No, he hadn't spoken to his father for a while. And (the subtext): could he please go gambling now? This generation of Kims does not look promising, and that is great news. At his Swiss boarding school, where he passed as the son of a chauffeur, Kim Jong Un was known for bossing players around on the basketball court. It is a start, but hardly adequate training for an absolute dictator. And that is just why the outside world should not give up on North Korea but stick with its inducements. They will yet prove the regime's undoing.

A. 어휘
anoint (후계자로) 임명하다, 기름을 바르다. rely on ...에 의존하다.
legitimacy 합법성. assume 假裝(가장)하다, 가정하다, 횡령하다.
mantle 망토, 외투, 감싸개. neo-Confucian sun king 新儒敎的(신유교적)인 태양왕.
band 떼거리. swear-swore-sworn 맹세하다. oath 誓約(서약). fealty 충성.
bogey 도깨비, 妖怪(요괴). ruling elite 지배층, 통치엘리트. pot belly 올챙이 배.
paralyse 마비되다. intimation 암시. mortality 죽을 운명, 죽음. abound 풍부하다.
hang together 단결하다. hang separately 분열하다. temptation 유혹.
distract 흩어지게 하다. accost 말을 걸다. crew 직원, 승무원.
unerring 誤謬(오류)가 없는. subtext 작품 속에 숨겨진 뜻.
go gambling 도박하다. promising 유망한. boarding school 기숙학교.
chauffeur 고용 운전사. boss 지휘하다. adequate 충분한. absolute 절대적인.
dictator 독재자. stick 그대로 남아 있다, 집착하다. inducement 誘因(유인), 유발.
yet 아직...않다. regime 정권. undoing 몰락, 파멸.

B. 구문
- Japan remains a bogey.
[일본은 요괴로 남아 있다(아직도 무찔러야 될 적으로 선전되고 있다)]
- This generation of Kims . . . that is great news.
[이 세대에 속하는 김씨 일족(김정일의 아들들)은 권력을 잡고 유지할 전망이 밝지 못하다. 그리고 그것은 대단히 좋은 일이다.]