【前回の単語】 2月19日の「intransigent」 (Unions claim that the management continues to maintain anintransigentposition.) いかがでしたか?
intransigentの意味は、 妥協しない、頑固な refusing to be persuaded, especially refusing to change opinions that are strongly believed in、 という意味です。
【Bon appetit!】
金正日は1941年2月16日生まれ
Kim Jong-il succeeded his father to become the ruler of North Korea in 1994. Although there were promising signs of better relations with South Korea and other nations early in his rule, the country's relation with the West have recently been troubled by its nuclear weapons program.