#korea

Well when I was young, actually not just me, but we were all poor. Korea used to be one of the poorest countries in the world. Despite such circumstances, I was very, very fortunate to be blessed with having parents who always instilled in a spirit of can-do spirit. ↗

— Lee Myung-bak

#always #blessed #can-do #circumstances #countries

Just to take a couple steps back historically, Korea, as you can see, is located among what we call big countries. And historically we've always been the victim of numerous invasions and whatnot. ↗

— Lee Myung-bak

#among #back #been #big #call

Talking about Korea, it has pretty high capital ratios at banks and maintains a good credit rating. ↗

— Lee Myung-bak

#banks #capital #credit #credit rating #good

It wasn't until I went to Korea out of high school and got exposed to the martial arts for the first time and was just completely enamored with the physical ability of the martial arts and making my black belt. ↗

— Chuck Norris

#arts #belt #black #completely #enamored

I wish that they had the freedoms like the Japanese and the Koreans and the Mexicans and everybody else that has that freedom to come over here and play the game, because I know Cuba has a very strong baseball history. ↗

— Rafael Palmeiro

#baseball history #because #come #cuba #else

China is a major power in the Pacific and I think we are dealing with some common threats in that region: the whole issue of Korea and the stability of Korea, the whole issue of nuclear proliferation, the whole issue of providing free access to our ships that are operating in that area. ↗

— Leon Panetta

#area #china #common #dealing #free

Again, I think we have much greater diplomatic weight by having all of us sit on the same side of the table wanting the same thing, and putting it to the North Koreans. ↗

— Mitchell Reiss

#diplomatic #greater #having #i #i think

Now North Korea certainly is located in a different place geographically, but I think it faces the same type of strategic decision. Does it want a different future for its people? ↗

— Mitchell Reiss

#decision #different #different place #does #faces

The other countries did not share the same concern the United States had in the early '90's - that North Korea actually had an ongoing nuclear weapons program. ↗

— Mitchell Reiss

#concern #countries #did #early #had

We are hopeful that the North Koreans can show a little bit more realism, a little bit more flexibility. ↗

— Mitchell Reiss

#flexibility #hopeful #koreans #little #little bit