Quotations of the day

Current stock prices are a measure of the success of the incumbent government and mirror its economic policies. (A donga.com netizen on Friday denouncing the government's failed economic policies.)

Regaining confidence once it is lost is as difficult as founding a new nation. (A donga.com netizen on Friday pointing to the waning public confidence in the nation's political leaders and the elite in other sectors of society.)

Respecting and attending to the elderly does not differ from the Cholla provinces to the Kyongsang provinces. (Kim Ae-Jung, president of the Federation of Women's Associations in Jinan county, North Cholla province on Friday, leading a group of volunteers who visited the Hwamyong-dong Home for the Aged in Hwamyong-dong, Puk-gu, Pusan.)

It is just like dancing with a will-O-the-wisp. (A Kangneung City official speaking of a recent spate of forest fires from unknown causes which has confounded public servants.)