Quotes of the Day

Lee Myung-Bak
Tuesday, May. 25, 2010

Open quoteIn the past 10 years, we have failed to establish the concept of principal enemy. We have ignored the very danger under our feet.Close quote

  • LEE MYUNG BAK,
  • President of South Korea, on reclassifying North Korea as "principal enemy" in the country's defense papers, an absent term since 2004; tensions have intensified since a North Korean torpedo attack killed 46 sailors on a South Korean boat in March
Photo: Lee Jae-Won / Reuters | Source: New York Times