Popularity: 2
Vote:   | All of North Korea is a jail. |
Popularity: 0
Vote: | As president, I came to know that North Koreans need permission from party officials-a permit-even to attend a relative's funeral services a short distance away. |
Popularity: 2
Vote: | I am still interested and have many views on politics but it is not wise to have a former president interfere in politics. |
Popularity: 6
Vote: | I don't think the current regime of South Korea will deal actively with the issue of North Korean defectors. |
Popularity: 5
Vote: | I feel very sorry for the one or two North Korean defectors who were caught by Chinese police while entering South Korean or foreign embassies in Beijing, but their arrest drew the whole attention of the world. |
Popularity: 1
Vote: | In my day, the president ruled with authority before the law, but now all that is lost. |
Popularity: 3
Vote: | In my mind, the current regime fundamentally does not want North Korea to collapse, or Kim Jong-il to go to ruin that much. It is the Seoul government's stance that Kim Jong-il should not be badmouthed or criticized. |
Popularity: 3
Vote: | In the pursuit of democracy, I consistently fought against the armed forces with courage, self-confidence and perseverance. |
Popularity: 3
Vote: | 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. |
Popularity: 1
Vote: | My political life is over. |
Popularity: 2
Vote: | No doubt it was better to have become president than not. |
Popularity: 1
Vote: | Once a major military confrontation occurs, North Korea will definitely be annihilated. |
Popularity: 1
Vote: | The blood and sweat shed by United States and United Nations troops proved to be the prime mover behind the realisation of freedom throughout the post-war period. |
Popularity: 5
Vote: | The sacrifices of Korean war veterans to defend freedom and peace were not in vain. |
Popularity: 4
Vote: | The stark reality facing us today is that without the labour reforms, workers will get neither the income nor jobs in the face of cut-throat global economic competition. |
Popularity: 0
Vote: | To Koreans on the other side, we care about your freedom. |
Popularity: 1
Vote: | We can't say when exactly, but I am quite confident that North Korea will collapse. |
Popularity: 2
Vote: | What our republic wants is cooperation and common prosperity with North Korea to pave the way for reunification, not the collapse of North Korea." |