„A portrait of North Korea's new rich”. The Economist. 29 May 2008. Pristupljeno 18 June 2009. »EVERY developing country worth its salt has a bustling middle class that is transforming the country and thrilling the markets. So does Stalinist North Korea.«
„Freedom in the World, 2006”. Freedom House. Arhivirano iz originala na datum 2007-07-14. Pristupljeno 13 February 2007. »Citizens of North Korea cannot change their government democratically. North Korea is a totalitarian dictatorship and one of the most restrictive countries in the world.«
Buruma, Ian (13 March 2008). „Leader Article: Let The Music Play On”. The Times of India. Pristupljeno 27 March 2008. »North Korea, officially known as the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, is one of the world's most oppressive, closed, and vicious dictatorships. It is perhaps the last living example of pure totalitarianism – control of the state over every aspect of human life.«
Brooke, James (2 October 2003). „North Korea Says It Is Using Plutonium to Make A-Bombs”. The New York Times. Pristupljeno 31 October 2007. »North Korea, run by a Stalinist dictatorship for almost six decades, is largely closed to foreign reporters and it is impossible to independently check today's claims.«
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Frank Jacobs (21 February 2012). „Manchurian Trivia” (blog by expert). The New York Times. Pristupljeno 27 August 2012.
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VII. Conclusions and Recommendadtions, „Report of the Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea”, United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights: p. 365, February 17, 2014, pristupljeno November 1, 2014
Walsh, Lynn (8 February 2003). „The Korean crisis”. CWI online: Socialism Today, February 2003 edition, journal of the Socialist Party, CWI England and Wales. socialistworld.net, website of the committee for a worker’s international. Arhivirano iz originala na datum 2007-12-03. Pristupljeno 31 October 2007. »Kim Jong-il's regime needs economic concessions to avoid collapse, and just as crucially needs an end to the strategic siege imposed by the US since the end of the Korean war (1950–53). Pyongyang's nuclear brinkmanship, though potentially dangerous, is driven by fear rather than by militaristic ambition. The rotten Stalinist dictatorship faces the prospect of an implosion. Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, which deprived North Korea of vital economic support, the regime has consistently attempted to secure from the US a non-aggression pact, recognition of its sovereignty, and economic assistance. The US's equally consistent refusal to enter into direct negotiations with North Korea, effectively ruling out a peace treaty to formally close the 1950–53 Korean War, has encouraged the regime to resort to nuclear blackmail.«
Spencer, Richard (28 August 2007). „North Korea power struggle looms”. The Telegraph (online version of United Kingdom's national newspaper) (London). Arhivirano iz originala na datum 2008-02-27. Pristupljeno 31 October 2007. »A power struggle to succeed Kim Jong-il as leader of North Korea's Stalinist dictatorship may be looming after his eldest son was reported to have returned from semi-voluntary exile.«
Parry, Richard Lloyd (5 September 2007). „North Korea's nuclear 'deal' leaves Japan feeling nervous”. The Times (online version of United Kingdom's national newspaper of record) (London). Arhivirano iz originala na datum 2008-07-26. Pristupljeno 31 October 2007. »The US Government contradicted earlier North Korean claims that it had agreed to remove the Stalinist dictatorship’s designation as a terrorist state and to lift economic sanctions, as part of talks aimed at disarming Pyongyang of its nuclear weapons.«
Spencer, Richard (28 August 2007). „North Korea power struggle looms”. The Telegraph (online version of United Kingdom's national newspaper) (London). Arhivirano iz originala na datum 2008-02-27. Pristupljeno 31 October 2007. »A power struggle to succeed Kim Jong-il as leader of North Korea's Stalinist dictatorship may be looming after his eldest son was reported to have returned from semi-voluntary exile.«
Parry, Richard Lloyd (5 September 2007). „North Korea's nuclear 'deal' leaves Japan feeling nervous”. The Times (online version of United Kingdom's national newspaper of record) (London). Arhivirano iz originala na datum 2008-07-26. Pristupljeno 31 October 2007. »The US Government contradicted earlier North Korean claims that it had agreed to remove the Stalinist dictatorship’s designation as a terrorist state and to lift economic sanctions, as part of talks aimed at disarming Pyongyang of its nuclear weapons.«
Walsh, Lynn (8 February 2003). „The Korean crisis”. CWI online: Socialism Today, February 2003 edition, journal of the Socialist Party, CWI England and Wales. socialistworld.net, website of the committee for a worker’s international. Arhivirano iz originala na datum 2007-12-03. Pristupljeno 31 October 2007. »Kim Jong-il's regime needs economic concessions to avoid collapse, and just as crucially needs an end to the strategic siege imposed by the US since the end of the Korean war (1950–53). Pyongyang's nuclear brinkmanship, though potentially dangerous, is driven by fear rather than by militaristic ambition. The rotten Stalinist dictatorship faces the prospect of an implosion. Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, which deprived North Korea of vital economic support, the regime has consistently attempted to secure from the US a non-aggression pact, recognition of its sovereignty, and economic assistance. The US's equally consistent refusal to enter into direct negotiations with North Korea, effectively ruling out a peace treaty to formally close the 1950–53 Korean War, has encouraged the regime to resort to nuclear blackmail.«
„Freedom in the World, 2006”. Freedom House. Arhivirano iz originala na datum 2007-07-14. Pristupljeno 13 February 2007. »Citizens of North Korea cannot change their government democratically. North Korea is a totalitarian dictatorship and one of the most restrictive countries in the world.«
