Attention Quote by Adam Johnson

Brian Myers takes a fresh approach. He largely ignores what the regime tells the outside world about itself, but concentrates instead on what North…

— Andrei Lankov

Everything in North Korea was about the leader, all the books, music and TV.

— Park Yeon-mi

I surrendered all my privacy to write this book. It was so hard and so painful. I went through so much crazy stuff. But…

— Park Yeon-mi

What you need to know about North Korea is that it's not like other countries like Iran or Cuba. In those countries, you have…

— Park Yeon-mi

The death of dictator Kim Jong-Il has cast all eyes on North Korea, a country without literature or freedom or truth.

— Adam Johnson

“North Korea, which straddles categories: a nation-state with the instincts of a terrorist organization.”

— Ted Koppel

Krys Lee has written a book of unforgettable stories, each one building on the other to create a complex, moving portrait of contemporary Korea…

— Sarah Shun-lien Bynum

“For the first time in Korea history—perhaps in any nation’s history—the Korean government is putting huge financial and political resources behind something as intangible…

— Euny Hong

In language at once stark and delicate, Suki Kim shatters the polemic of North and South Korea. She couples an investigative reporter's fierce desire…

— Monique Truong

I have seen first-hand the devastation the North repeatedly causes to Korean families and the narratives of war and destruction they have routinely spouted.

— Michelle Steel

The North Korean regime is extremely fiery, extremely insecure, sometimes hysterical. And when you're around somebody who's screaming and unstable, the last thing you…

— David Brooks

“Even in former days, Korea was known as the 'hermit kingdom' for its stubborn resistance to outsiders. And if you wanted to create a…

— Christopher Hitchens