돈주

Korean

Etymology

돈 (don, “money”) +‎ 주(主) (ju), literally 'owner/master of money'. Described as a recently coined term by North Korean defectors, it probably was coined after the emergence of a new, influential, and wealthy group of individuals that originally earned their money from trade and activity within China and the Jangmadangs during and after the Arduous March.[1]

Noun

돈주 • (donju)

  1. (North Korea, neologism) nouveau riche, the new money of North Korea.
    Synonym: 벼락부자 (byeorakbuja, South Korean)

References
  1. Jeong Y. https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/2018/10/09/politics/Donju-are-princes-of-North-Korean-economy/3054069.html - Donju are princes of North Korean economy
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