Koreans Quotes

And anything the North Koreans say to us will be shared with our friends and partners, because this is going to be an open, transparent process. - Colin Powell

All this had been accomplished without giving the appearance of bullying Korea that could raise questions in the United States about Japan's true intentions. In short, Japan could plausibly cite humanitarian concern for the welfare of overseas Koreans that would on the surface appear to be legitimate. - Wayne Patterson

All the races between the Koreans and Canadians are going to be really tight. We're going for first place. We beat them last year, but it's almost always settled in the final race. In fact, it's always settled at the finish line on the final lap. - Guy Thibault

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

A lot of what goes on over there is shrouded in such secrecy. The North Koreans have made it very, very hard to get out. Over the years, a lot of people have been sent back over the border. In this instance, we had a name. It was very appropriate for the international community to call it out. - Jay Lefkowitz

[To survive has required tenacity. Koreans are reported even to have murdered children and mixed their flesh with pork to eat. When I have encountered North Korean refugees in Asia, they look barely human - stunted figures with sallow, terrified faces. Some North Koreans have tried to grow their own food, potentially a sign of independent thinking. But for years Kim had them stopped, though he has begun to open the economy slightly in the past three years. Those who protested were sent to an extensive gulag system, which may have resulted in the deaths of one million people. In this internal slave state, Becker suggests, tests of chemical weapons are carried out on prisoners, and pregnant women whose children were tainted with foreign blood have been forced to have abortions. Kim Jong Il has] resisted adopting every policy that could have brought the misery to a quick end... the suffering he inflicted on an entire people an unparalleled and monstrous crime. - Jasper Becker

[He said he had] extensive discussions ... strong views, and I have conveyed them to the North Koreans. - Colin Powell

[China has been pushing the North Koreans] to be essentially team players... They really have had a substantive impact. - Christopher Hill

[Bush's decision to meet with Kang may aggravate the North Koreans, but it drew praise from democracy activists.] That's fantastic that he met him... It's an incredible story they have, and the world needs to be aware of it, and the North Koreans need to be confronted with it. - Larry Diamond