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

- Kim Young-Sam

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 Bei…

- Kim Young-Sam

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

- Kim Young-Sam

Once a major military confrontation occurs, North Korea will definitely be annihilated.

- Kim Young-Sam

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 e…

- Kim Young-Sam

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

- Kim Young-Sam

It's very certain that North Korea is developing nuclear weapons for offensive purposes. They don't need nuclear weapons to defend their own country.

- Kim Young-Sam

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

- Kim Young-Sam

All of North Korea is a jail.

- Kim Young-Sam