Born Quote by Lee Hyeon-seo

We considered the Dear Leader our god. That's huge. He's more than our parents. I thought all of the world respected Kim Il Sung.…

— Lee Hyeon-seo

I thought Kim Jong Il was a god who could read my mind. I thought his spirit never dies, and I never thought he…

— Park Yeon-mi

I adore you even more than the people of North Korea are forced to adore Kim Jong-un.

— Anonymous

North Korea invites parody. We laugh at the excesses of the propaganda and the gullibility of the people. But consider that their indoctrination began…

— Barbara Demick

As an immigrant from South Korea with family members who fled North Korea, supporting the North Korean people is personal to me.

— Young Kim

When I visited North Korea in November 2014, is that Kim Jong-un is not merely the head of state of the DPRK - the…

— James R. Clapper

“In Hwang’s view, the Pyongyang leadership “used the feudalistic idea of filial piety to justify absolutism of the Great Leader. Filial piety in feudalism…

— Bradley K. Martin

“North Koreans were indoctrinated from birth to believe that their lives were meaningless, that they existed only to serve the State, the Revolution, and…

— Max Brooks

North Korea has a very striking mythology there. It is influencing the whole nation.

— Werner Herzog

Like an explorer returned from a distant planet or another dimension, Suki Kim has many extraordinary tales to tell, among them how different--and how…

— Carlos Eire

I'm calling on the Supreme Leader of North Korea, or as I call him, 'Kim,' to do me a solid and cut Kenneth Bae…

— Dennis Rodman

North Korea is still my homeland, my country. I suffered on the outside because I was alien, without identity. I was nobody. I was…

— Lee Hyeon-seo