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If I go there (to North Korea), I will be welcomed¡¦

Posted August. 23, 2000 19:11,   

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If I go there (to North Korea), I will be welcomed, but who will take care of my wife, who has endured hardship all her life? (Pae Dong-Jun, an unconverted long-term Communist prisoner, saying he gave up returning to the North to tend to his wife, who suffers from a kidney disease).

Now we (the Millennium Democratic Party) have to launch ¡°bolder`` politics, while engaging dialogue with the Grand National Party. (Rep. Chyung Dai-Chul of the MDP, claiming that the party should free itself from the influence of the United Liberal Democrats).

Even if the main figures of the national economy are ¡°small fries`` obsessed with their own interests, it will definitely bring about injustice and corruption (for us) to expect morality and conscience from them by making them look like ¡°real gentlemen.`` (Prof. Choi Yun-Jae of Korea University in his book, ¡°Hanbija Saves the Nation,`` stating that the people should discard Confucian values and instead follow the rule of law based on strict rewards and punishments).

We should not spoil big business due to the small matter of self-respect. (Culture and Tourism Minister Park Jie-Won at a breakfast seminar hosted by Dosan Academy Wednesday, responding to a question on whether South Korea lacks self-respect and is allowing itself to be led by the North).

Advertising is not simply a means of publicizing products, but is understood as a sector of the visual arts. (Lim Eun-Jin of NGTV, an internet broadcaster specializing in advertising, saying that the internet advertising industry has great growth potential).