Korean Quotes · Page 5

When I was growing up, we were taught in school that North Koreans, and especially the North Korean leadership, were all devils.

— Park Chan-wook

Since the whole world is now concerned more about K-pop, I want to make more great songs which can be listed to…

— G-Dragon

If a Korean artist reaches to the top, we're all ready to stand up and applaud for him or her.

— PSY

K-pop artists really put in the work, effort and time to perfect everything.

— Jackson Wang

The only way to resolve the North Korean problem is to change the regime.

— John Bolton

I wanted to explore Korean-American characters. And 'Columbus' did address that. The father-son dynamic felt very real to me.

— John Cho

“Your life can be different, Young Ju. Study and be strong. In America, women have choices.”

— An Na

There is no way to know for certain what accounts for North Korean decisionmaking, given how closed a country it is.

— Richard N. Haass

I was a mama's girl. So when I had to go to Korea without mom, I felt that I had to take…

— Lisa

In my family and among Korean-Americans, there just is no occasion that people would get together without bibimbap. It's something that people…

— Linda Sue Park

Being on a K-pop label and agency, everything's taken care of for you. The music is set up for you. Your food,…

— Amber Liu

I personally don't like to draw a line between 'K-pop' and pop music, but I do think it is a good time…

— Jennie

“An hour spent by a Korean on the study of Chinese or Japanese will yield greater progress than an hour spent on…

— Daniel Tudor

I've always been a fan of Korean cinema but never really pursued it, as I wanted to pave my way here in…

— Brian Tee

When other people look at K-pop with a more traditional Western lens, or when people listen to it, it may sound like…

— Lee Tae-min

Living in South Korea as a girl meant living under a lot of discrimination and limitation. It was the same in my…

— Kim Hyesoon

All North Koreans know the risk of all their actions. Yeonmi Park grew up in North Korea and says watching outside videos…

— Kang Chol-hwan

A wonderful man came to my office a week ago. A very highly respected man and he sat down and he said,…

— Donald Trump

A South Korean inventor has finally created the robot that mankind has been waiting for. Scientists who have been worried about the…

— Mike Pesca

Most people in Seoul don't care about the North's belligerent statements: The farther one is from the Korean Peninsula, the more one…

— Andrei Lankov

It will begin with its President taking a simple, firm resolution. The resolution will be: To forego the diversions of politics and…

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

In contrast, Western historians, and those in South Korea, say the North attacked the South on June 25, 1950. Both sides agree…

— Sheryl WuDunn

I think the Russians basically don't think the North Koreans and the Iranians have the capabilities to get weapon systems that can…

— John Bolton

“I wonder if my father, given the chance, would have wished to go back to the time before he made all that…

— Chang-rae Lee

Gaining trust is not difficult for me. I needed to gain the trust of the North Korean supervisors.

— Werner Herzog

If Sony's not going to show 'The Interview,' that's it. No more North Korean movies for me.

— Conan O'Brien

Most Korean parents saw themselves as coaches, while American parents tended to act more like cheerleaders.

— Amanda Ripley

I am glad to see K-pop really pop off and it's cool to see how it's become an international craze.

— Taboo

Past records of inter-Korean relations show that confrontation between fellow countrymen leads to nothing but war.

— Kim Jong-un

I tend not to use the humor which would only apply to Koreans, or which would only affect the Koreans, as much…

— Park Chan-wook

Up until the end of the Bush Administration, there was indifference to the North Korean suffering under Kim Jong-Il.

— Ed Royce

If the United States is accommodating, the North Koreans become accommodating. If the United States is hostile, they become hostile.

— Noam Chomsky

I will defend Korea as I would my own country-just as I would California.

— Douglas MacArthur

No one shall take a military action on the Korean Peninsula without South Korean consent.

— Moon Jae-in

One day is enough to master reading in Korean. Hangeul is a very scientific and convenient alphabet system for communication.

— J.M.G. Le Clézio

There were so many more opportunities in K-pop for a young Asian American singer.

— Tiffany Hwang

I re-invented my image so many times that I'm in denial that I was originally an overweight Korean woman.

— David Bowie

I'm smart cause I'm Korean, I'm not so smart cause I'm from the south. They cancel each other out, so I'm even.

— Henry Cho

I've read all of Sarah Waters's novels which have been translated into Korean.

— Park Chan-wook

I really think I cook good Korean food. I really do, just straight up.

— Roy Choi