#north korea

To survive, China had to open up to the West. It could not survive otherwise. This was after many millions have died of hunger in a country that was like North Korea is today. Once we became part of global competition, we had to agree to some rules. It's painful, but we had to. Otherwise there was no way to survive. ↗

— Ai Weiwei

#agree #became #china #competition #could

I've been arguing this for months. This is not our war. This is not a war we should be in. Australia's better spending its time negotiating with North Korea. ↗

— John Hewson

#australia #been #better #i #korea

North Korea is going to get away with keeping its nuclear weapons. ↗

— John Bolton

#get #going #keeping #korea #north

One morning, just like 9/11, there's going to be a disaster. I have yet to see the United Nations do anything effective with either Iran or North Korea. ↗

— Newt Gingrich

#disaster #effective #either #going #i

We have it. The smoking gun. The evidence. The potential weapon of mass destruction we have been looking for as our pretext of invading Iraq. There's just one problem - it's in North Korea. ↗

— Jon Stewart

#destruction #evidence #gun #invading #iraq

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