I feel very sorry for the one or two North Korean defectors who were caught by Chinese police while entering South Korean or foreign embassies in Beijing, but their arrest drew the whole attention of the world.

In my day, the president ruled with authority before the law, but now all that is lost.

I feel very sorry for the one or two North Korean defectors who were caught by Chinese police while entering South Korean or foreign embassies in Beijing, but their arrest drew the whole attention of the world.

The stark reality facing us today is that without the labour reforms, workers will get neither the income nor jobs in the face of cut-throat global economic competition.

I don't think the current regime of South Korea will deal actively with the issue of North Korean defectors.

All of North Korea is a jail.

No doubt it was better to have become president than not.