Books Quote by Adam Johnson

I thought that, with so much current attention focused on the topic of North Korea, I might share what I think are three books…

— Adam Johnson

“Religion is a totalitarian belief. It is the wish to be a slave. It is the desire that there be an unalterable, unchallengeable, tyrannical…

— Christopher Hitchens

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

— Park Yeon-mi

Occasionally, the horrors of life in North Korea do show up in our American satire.

— Jennifer Armintrout

I know the truth of North Korea. The oppression and their tragedy. It cannot be silenced.

— Park Yeon-mi

It's very enigmatic because of course, the population [of North Korea] has no contact with the world outside or it's very, very limited. They…

— Werner Herzog

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

In the city of Pyongyang, you don't have to look very far to see an image of the Great Leader, Kim Il Sung. They…

— Henry Rollins

North Korea is not the dictator's country; it's 25 million citizens' country, and they are suffering under the dictator. North Koreans are really nice,…

— Lee Hyeon-seo

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

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

“Sooner or later, all talk among foreigners in Pyongyang turns to one imponderable subject. Do the locals really believe what they are told, and…

— Christopher Hitchens