I will be president for all South Koreans.

People tend to overlook the fact that North Korea's economy collapsed at about the same time as South Koreans lost faith in their own…

— Brian Reynolds Myers

South Koreans who have seen and praised the mass games should remember the hardship of tearful children. Teachers drive them hard with curses and…

— Kim Il-sung

“Even South Koreans themselves struggle mightily to fit into their own success-obsessed, status-conscious, education-crazed culture.”

— Blaine Harden

“Lee believes, as do the vast majority of South Koreans, that North Koreans are not so stupid that they fail to see the likelihood…

— Euny Hong

In North Koreans, the moment we are born, we don't know there's another life existing outside of our country. The regime always told us…

— Lee Hyeon-seo

Some day, somebody is going to have to start talking about what happens to us all a decade from now if we let these…

— Lawrence Eagleburger

In the past, Koreans have mostly copied other countries' engines, and so there's been kind of a problem with quality and a real limit…

— Jeffrey Lewis

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…

— Lee Myung-bak

“Kim Jong-il also invented the hamburger. Almost touchingly, North Koreans have a lot of pride in their heritage, though it’s for absurd reasons. The…

— Euny Hong

I respect the Japanese and especially like their execution and communication styles. Unlike the Koreans, they will not hit you from behind.

— Terry Gou

“there’s some debate about whether he actually saw combat, but I think he did, because he sees them hiding in trees. I don’t think…

— Derek B. Miller

The North Koreans or Chinese may have a million men in uniform but it's about how you perform.

— Philip Hammond

Again, I think we have much greater diplomatic weight by having all of us sit on the same side of the table wanting the…

— Mitchell Reiss

We grew up in rural Arkansas without any Koreans close by, and when I go to Korea feel out of place.

— Lee Isaac Chung

The remarkable thing about the Chinese is that they've operated differently than the Russians, the Iranians, and the North Koreans. By and large, they…

— David E. Sanger