Dear Leader Quotes

“One reason why North Korea is unable to pursue reform and open itself more to the world is that this would risk exposing core dogmas of the state as mere fabrications.”
― Jang Jin-sung, Dear Leader: North Korea's senior propagandist exposes shocking truths behind the regime

“A mother can see into her child’s heart merely by looking at his shadow.”
― Jang Jin-Sung, Dear Leader: My Escape from North Korea

“The United Front Department (UFD) is a key section in the Workers’ Party, responsible for inter-Korean espionage, policy-making and diplomacy. Since 1953, Korea has been divided by an armistice line known as the Korean Demilitarised Zone (DMZ), held in place by military force on each side. The division of the Korean peninsula is not based on a difference in language, religion or ethnicity, but on a difference in political ideology. The North Korean version of Socialism, founded as it is on the maintenance of absolute institutional unity, regards pluralism and individual determination as its greatest enemy. The Workers’ Party has therefore been active and diligent in psychological warfare operations aimed at Koreans in both”
― Jin-sung Jang, Dear Leader: North Korea's senior propagandist exposes shocking truths behind the regime

“I was restless with yearning to write realist poetry based on what I saw, and not loyalist poetry based on what we were all told to see.”
― Jang Jin-sung, Dear Leader: North Korea's senior propagandist exposes shocking truths behind the regime

“به این فکر نکن از کسانی که پیش از تو شروع کرده اندسریع تر بروی فقط به فکر صادق تر بودن باش، شاید روشن شدن واقعیت زمان ببرد اما تا مدت ها پس از محو شدن دروغ باقی خواهد ماند”
― Jang Jin-sung, Dear Leader: Poet, Spy, Escapee - A Look Inside North Korea

“به این فکر نکن از کسانی که پیش از تو شروع کرده اند سریع تر بروی فقط به فکر صادق تر بودن باش، شاید روشن شدن واقعیت زمان ببرد اما تا مدت ها پس از محو شدن دروغ باقی خواهد ماند”
― Jang Jin-sung, Dear Leader: Poet, Spy, Escapee - A Look Inside North Korea

“زمانی اشک سرازیر می شود که دست شخص دیگری برای پاک کردنش وجود داشته باشد”
― Jang Jin-sung, Dear Leader: Poet, Spy, Escapee - A Look Inside North Korea

“The United Front Department (UFD) is a key section in the Workers’ Party, responsible for inter-Korean espionage, policy-making and diplomacy. Since 1953, Korea has been divided by an armistice line known as the Korean Demilitarised Zone (DMZ), held in place by military force on each side. The division of the Korean peninsula is not based on a difference in language, religion or ethnicity, but on a difference in political ideology. The North Korean version of Socialism, founded as it is on the maintenance of absolute institutional unity, regards pluralism and individual determination as its greatest enemy. The Workers’ Party has therefore been active and diligent in psychological warfare operations aimed at Koreans in both the North and the South for over half a century.”
― Jin-sung Jang, Dear Leader: North Korea's senior propagandist exposes shocking truths behind the regime

“Mr. Jang’s escape from North Korea really began when he realized: “I was restless with yearning to write realist poetry based on what I saw, and not loyalist poetry based on what we were all told to see.”
― Jang Jin-Sung, Dear Leader: My Escape from North Korea