If we are to assume that North Korea becomes a nuclear-power state, of course the danger of having an all-out nuclear war, that possibility is very slim.
Kim Jong Il, incidentally, has been made head of the party and of the army, but the office of the presidency is still 'eternally' held by his adored and departed dad, who died on July 8, 1994, at 82....
In a Pyongyang restaurant, don't ever ask for a doggie bag.
But as I began to write this book, I realised that without the whole truth my life would have no power, no real meaning. With the help of my mother, the memories of our lives in North Korea and China...
Logic is not a sure enough defense against moral bankruptcy.
Sanctions make a substantial contribution to power based on privation, and they have never hurt a single despot in the whole history of their use.
Orwell's short and intense life has for years borne witness to some of those verities of which we were already aware. Parties and churches and states cannot be honest, but individuals can. Real books...
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