Kim Dae-jung Quotes

So now we are pushing economic reform, bank reform and enterprise reform. So we can finish that reform this year, in September or October. Then our economy may be much more, you know, normalized.

If America would withdraw from South Korea, there could be a power struggle between such as China and Japan.

Well, that is very imperative to let North Korea open door to outside.

I think a major cause of present Asian economic difficulties that mainly come from, you know, lack of market economy.

Only the truly magnanimous and strong are capable of forgiving and loving.

So for mutual interest, I do want American presence in this region.

So in Asia I want to make - I want to succeed to make a model of what success, practicing democracy, and market economy. Then that will give a good influence over Asian countries.

There is some sign that North Korea is changing recently. There is ongoing successful negotiation to have a military talk to Pyongyang, which has been stopped for seven years.

So South Korean ability is very much limited to handle North Korean, you know, difficulties. So we don't want to see an immediate collapse of the North Korea regime.

You know, North Korea situation is far worse than East Germany, and South Korea is weaker than West Germany.

Unification is one thing, and stability in Northeast Asia is another thing.

But such IMF pressure is very much helpful for me to push such a, you know, reform. So in this sense I think IMF is very much helpful for alien society.