Dictatorship Quote by Kim Hyesoon

If you happen to live in Korea, you might always suffer from anger towards people in power, because of political and social problems. I…

— Kim Hyesoon

Gee, I never thought I had an effect on people until I was in Korea.

— Marilyn Monroe

Whenever democracy has fallen into a crisis, the Korean people have sprung up in rage.

— Moon Jae-in

The female experience throughout the history of Korea has been accompanied by physical and mental anguish. This negative aspect of Korean history is one…

— Hyon Gyon

In North Korea, we never learned to think critically. There is no concept of individualism. The government treated us as less valuable than animals.…

— Park Yeon-mi

Let's be clear: There is no doubt that the citizens of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea both fear and loathe the United States.…

— Mehdi Hasan

“Stalin has died. The ardent heart of the great leader of progressive mankind has ceased to beat. This sad news has spread over Korean…

— Anonymous

Koreans stuck to their traditional way of life without knowing what was going on outside the country. We were like frogs in a well.

— Park Chung-hee

In North Korea, it was actually an oppressive regime and that's why I escaped with my life.

— Park Yeon-mi

It's problematic when we have excessive numbers of police taking over the streets. People visiting Seoul for the first time might think... this is…

— Park Won-soon

It was very shocking for me to read newspapers that openly criticised the government in South Korea. That is impossible in North Korea and…

— Lee Hyeon-seo

My father was criticized as a dictator, but that should not overshadow his accomplishments in restructuring the country. He brought Korea out of 5,000…

— Park Geun-hye