To Koreans on the other side, we care about your freedom.

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.

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

All of North Korea is a jail.

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

To Koreans on the other side, we care about your freedom.

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