Top 5 Quotes & Sayings by Hark-Joon Lee

I think I was able to endure risks not because I was ambitious about great stories but I was curious as a journalist.

I agree strongly that no story is more valuable than someone's life.

People don't tend to lie about themselves when they're in imminent danger.

It is natural for us to pay attention to North Korea and human rights issues of North Korean defectors but I wish people would not try to create stars. The reality is different from Hollywood movies.

One colleague who's been in the industry longer than I had been gave me a valuable piece of advice. "Stay close to the facts and observe things fully and report. Then you can be a mediocre journalist." I held onto his words when I worked and I've been following that advice for 16 years.