#north korea

Capitalism has worked very well. Anyone who wants to move to North Korea is welcome. ↗

— Bill Gates

#capitalism #korea #move #north #north korea

Iranians are very proud and don't want to become a pariah state like North Korea. ↗

— Edward Luck

#iranians #korea #like #north #north korea

If we are to assume that North Korea becomes a nuclear-power state, of course the danger of having an all-out nuclear war, that possibility is very slim. ↗

— Lee Myung-bak

#assume #becomes #course #danger #having

One of the most important reasons for North Korea continuing its nuclear ambitions is to consolidate the power to stay within the Kim Jong Il family. ↗

— Lee Myung-bak

#continuing #family #important #kim #korea

The North Koreans have gained, or bought, a lot of time through the six-party-talks framework to pursue their own agenda. ↗

— Lee Myung-bak

#bought #framework #gained #koreans #lot

What we have is North Korea still pursuing path to a nuclear weapon state. So the majority of people's trust in North Korea has gone down considerably. ↗

— Lee Myung-bak

#down #gone #korea #majority #north

Yes, I don't believe that the inter-Korean relationship has, quote, 'deteriorated' since I assumed office. Rather I believe that the relationship between the two Koreas is entering into a new phase - a time of transition. And so I think that the North Koreans are trying to see what they can build with this, with my new administration. ↗

— Lee Myung-bak

#assumed #believe #between #build #deteriorated

The death of dictator Kim Jong-Il has cast all eyes on North Korea, a country without literature or freedom or truth. ↗

— Adam Johnson

#country #death #dictator #eyes #freedom

But, in North Korea, it's just the opposite. There's one story. It's written by the Kim regime. And 23 million people are conscripted to be secondary characters. There, as a youth, your aptitude towards certain jobs is measured, and the rest of your life is dictated, whether you'll be a fisherman or a farmer or an opera singer. ↗

— Adam Johnson

#certain #characters #dictated #farmer #fisherman

I'd known that the visit would be highly scripted and that genuine interactions with citizens wouldn't be possible, since it's illegal for them to speak with foreigners. Still, I'd thought I'd had a unique look at North Korea, only to discover I was wrong. ↗

— Adam Johnson

#discover #foreigners #genuine #had #highly