#north korea

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

History is full of examples of regimes that were oppressing at home and aggressive abroad, and I can't think of too many liberal democracies engaging in counterfeiting, drug running, missile proliferation, and just about any other illegal activity you can think of as North Korea does. ↗

— Ed Royce

#abroad #activity #aggressive #any #democracies

All of North Korea is a jail. ↗

— Kim Y. Sam

#korea #north #north korea

It's very certain that North Korea is developing nuclear weapons for offensive purposes. They don't need nuclear weapons to defend their own country. ↗

— Kim Y. Sam

#country #defend #developing #korea #need

The hope of Internet anarchists was that repressive governments would have only two options: accept the Internet with its limitless possibilities of spreading information, or restrict Internet access to the ruling elite and turn your back on the 21st century, as North Korea has done. ↗

— Peter Singer

#accept #access #back #century #done

The "Axis of Evil" was - and is - very real, as the tyrants of Iran, Iraq, and North Korea knew full well. ↗

— Michael Ledeen

#evil #full #iran #iraq #knew

There is a different future that is available to North Korea, if they choose differently. ↗

— Mitchell Reiss

#choose #different #differently #future #korea