How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Panel)
Quote #7
“Oh that. It’s a shooting gallery. They practice on silhouettes of American and Japanese soldiers.” (8.66)
Yeesh. So much for the armistice. It looks like North Korea has a pretty long memory, huh?
Quote #8
“We’d better wait [to visit the demilitarized zone]. The atmosphere has been tense since W. Bush’s election. If southern soldiers see a foreigner on our side, they might feel provoked and shoot, and that could spark conflict.” (9.60)
Sometimes it’s hard to tell how much of this talk is genuine fear of another war breaking out and how much of it is based on someone swallowing the propaganda hook, line, and sinker.
Quote #9
“[The movie] was about a resistance fighter who leaves his very poor family to risk his life in the struggle against the capitalist enemy...” (10.62)
Even movies that people see for fun in North Korea are propaganda flicks that serve as a call to warfare. We never thought we’d actually be wishing for a J.Lo rom-com as an alternative.