“It's very certain that North Korea is developing nuclear weapons for offensive purposes. They don't need nuclear weapons to defend their own country.” NeedsCountryPurposeCertainWeaponsNuclearDevelopingNuclear WeaponsOffensiveKoreaNorth Korea Author:Kim Young-sam
“The most upsetting thing is that the US is a leader in the world, and if they don't sign, then how do you expect to convince Russian and China and Iran, Pakistan, all these other countries, to sign? They simply won't. (The US government) feels it's against their constitutional right to bear arms, or they've said that it's needed in North and South Korea, on the border. I don't think any of these are good enough excuses for the damage.” IfsThinkingWorldFeelsSaidCountryEnoughGovernmentLeaderArmsBearsNeededSouthExcuseChinaBordersUpsetDamageConvinceIranGood EnoughOther CountriesPakistanKoreaRight To Bear ArmsSouth KoreaNorth And SouthLandmines Author:Angelina Jolie
“It was good to launch the economy in the '50s. Japan did this; China did this; even South Korea did this. All the East Asians did this - import substitution. I think all countries followed import substitution in the '50s and in the '60s, but I think by the '70s, countries were getting out of that first phase of the strategy.” ThinkingFirstsCountryEconomyStrategySouthChinaEastJapanPhasesKoreaImportsSubstitutionSouth Korea Author:Jairam Ramesh
“The other countries did not share the same concern the United States had in the early '90's - that North Korea actually had an ongoing nuclear weapons program.” CountryStatesUnitedUnited StatesShareWeaponsConcernProgramNuclearNuclear WeaponsOther CountriesOngoingKoreaNorth Korea Author:Mitchell Reiss
“Using the Japan-U.S. alliance as a basis, it is important that we maintain and develop cooperative relations with our neighboring countries such as China, South Korea, and Russia.” ImportantCountryBasesRelationSouthChinaRussiaJapanKoreaAlliancesCooperativesSouth Korea Author:Junichiro Koizumi
“Many of the countries outpacing the United States in the deployment of high speed Internet services, including Canada, Japan and South Korea, have successfully combined municipal systems with privately deployed networks to wire their countries, .. As a country, we cannot afford to cut off any successful strategy if we want to remain internationally competitive.” IfsWantCountryStatesUnitedUnited StatesSuccessfulCuttingInternetStrategySouthIncludingSpeedCanadaJapanWireKoreaDeploymentHigh SpeedSouth Korea Author:John McCain
“Where countries have been able to carry through on their reform commitments - as in Korea, Thailand and the Philippines - results are starting to come in the form of lower interest rates, new investment and increased growth.” Has BeensCountryAbleFormGrowthInterestResultsCommitmentInvestmentRateStartingReformKoreaPhilippinesInterest RateThailand Author:Lawrence Summers
“There are reports that Russia is actually working with North Korea to encourage “collaboration and cooperation” between the two countries. Yeah, they believe that with Russia's economic power and North Korea's technology, they can be a real threat to 1987.” BelieveTwoRealCountryTechnologyEconomicYeahThreatRussiaReportsCollaborationCooperationKoreaNorth KoreaEconomic PowerTwo Countries Author:Jimmy Fallon
“We're not necessarily the ski boat, we're the skier. There are countries like Japan and Korea and others who are the ski boat at this point, but we're getting pulled right behind them.” CountrySportsBehindsBoatJapanKoreaSkisSkiers Author:Steve Largent
“Hangeul is perhaps the most scientific system of writing in general use in any country.” WritingCountryUseKorea Author:Edwin O. Reischauer