[brenschluss]

> The dictionary sounds like bullshit. North Korean and South Korean are completely different dialects, with different orthography and spelling. Bigger differences than different spellings in English. I can't see a dictionary like that being of any use to his family.

Uh, totally wrong there. Might want to read up some more.

There are some minor spelling differences, pronunciation/accent differences. North Korean doesn't use any loan words, so there's a great deal of different terms for ice cream or radio, for example. But they're not totally different dialects. Any South Korean can understand a North Korean TV broadcast, for example.

[j_lev]

North Korea uses loan words, albeit from Russia.

[jpatokal]

English loan words, that is, which South Korean is packed to the brim with these days. South Korean say aiseukeurim, North Koreans say eoreumbosung-i ("ice pudding" or something).