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The South Korean government is releasing today the first dictionary of North Korean computer jargon. The Korea Agency for Digital Opportunity and Promotion, which compiled the content jointly with the Information Ministry, said that about 58 percent of computer-related terms in the North are different from those in the South. “The dictionary is meant to help North Korean defectors understand the information technology culture here and narrow the information gap between the two Koreas,” said Son Yeon-gi, chief of the digital agency. According to Mr. Son, only one in five North Koreans living in the South can understand computer jargon that is widely used here. The dictionary contains about 2,500 words commonly used in South Korea, along with explanations in both Korean and English. Unlike in the South, transliterations of English terms are a no-no in the North, so everything has to be translated into Korean. For instance, hackers in the North are known by the rather more flattering sobriquet “intelligent criminals,” and online gaming is translated as “directly connected playing.” The agency plans to distribute the dictionaries free of charge to computer and educational institutes for North Korean defectors around the nation. by Lee Weon-ho