Family Quote by Young Kim

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

My parents fled from North Korea during the Korean War because they despised the North Korean Communist regime. They fled to seek freedom and…

— Moon Jae-in

My life is not only mine. I am telling the story of all North Korean people; it is my responsibility to tell it.

— Lee Hyeon-seo

We must embrace the North Korean people as part of the Korean nation, and to do that, whether we like it or not, we…

— Moon Jae-in

North Koreans are tragically oppressed. Despite the risks to my personal safety, I feel a strong obligation to tell the world about the Orwellian…

— Lee Hyeon-seo

“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

Even North Korean people who are not necessarily happy with economic policies are still loyal to the state itself. It's a military-first state, so…

— Brian Reynolds Myers

The kindness of strangers and the support of the international community are truly the rays of hope we North Korean people need.

— Lee Hyeon-seo

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

— Anonymous

Due to hate, fear, and oppression, the North Koreans cannot help themselves.

— Lee Hyeon-seo

I have had a great deal of interaction with Koreans and feel a fairly strong bond with Korea.

— Joichi Ito

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