Korea Quote by Euny Hong

Television in the 1960s & 70s had just as much dross and the programmes were a lot more tediously patronising than they are now.…

— A. A. Gill

“Lee, like most South Korean officials, approaches the issue coolly. “The North Korean regime is not crazy. They are very calculating. They don’t observe…

— Euny Hong

“Koreans know from experience that everyone must rise together, or not at all. Another important lesson from Korea’s success is this apparent paradox: Being…

— Euny Hong

“Koreans are good at engaging in crisis,” he said, pointing to all the times the country had been invaded—by Britain, Russia, China, Japan, and…

— Euny Hong

“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

“Korea was my Zion. I had read too many British novels about wretched children finding out they were actually of noble birth and I…

— Euny Hong

“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

“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

“Korea has no natural resources and very little arable land. Compounding the problem is that labor costs have risen so dramatically in the last…

— Euny Hong

You know Kim Jong Un, the evil dictator of North Korea? Apparently, a guy in his inner circle used his ashtray while smoking and…

— David Letterman

“I stood with my mom in the cemetery. She felt terrible pain. My grandmother is with God. My mom has to continue living. It’s…

— Tucker Elliot

During the periods when South Korea played a more active role, the inter-Korean relationship was more peaceful, and there was less tension between the…

— Moon Jae-in