Quotes by Brian Reynolds Myers

About Brian Reynolds Myers:

Brian Reynolds "B.R." Myers is an American journalist and associate professor of international studies at Dongseo University in Busan, South Korea, best known for his writings on North Korean propaganda. He is a contributing editor for The Atlantic and an opinion columnist for the New York Times and Wall Street Journal. Myers is the author of Han S?rya and North Korean Literature (Cornell, 1994), A Reader's Manifesto (Melville House, 2002), and The Cleanest Race (Melville House, 2010).
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People used to expect literary novels to deepen the experience of living; now they are happy with any sustained display of writerly cleverness.

Brian Reynolds Myers

Just after Kim Jong Il's death, the official news agency put out an article saying that under Kim Jong Il's rule, the people had been like naive children without a care in the world.

Brian Reynolds Myers

People tend to overlook the fact that North Korea's economy collapsed at about the same time as South Koreans lost faith in their own state. The late 1980s and early 1990s were a time when South Koreans were questioning the very legitimacy of their r...

Brian Reynolds Myers

Confucianism is all about tempering your instincts with intellectual discipline, with book learning.

Brian Reynolds Myers

I'm not a writer. I like being a reader.

Brian Reynolds Myers

North Korea not only wants unification, it absolutely has to have unification. That's really the only way this state can feel secure.

Brian Reynolds Myers

Even North Korean people who are not necessarily happy with economic policies are still loyal to the state itself. It's a military-first state, so whether it does very well on the economic front or not, is not central to public support for it.

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That's a mistake I think that a lot of Western observers make is to assume that Korean nationalism is hundreds if not thousands of years old. When in fact nationalism is incompatible with Korean Confucian tradition.

Brian Reynolds Myers

If South Korea is going to survive, and keep the peace on the peninsula, its citizens need to start conveying support for their state.

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Author Bio

  • NameBrian Reynolds Myers
  • DescriptionAuthor, journalist, professor
  • Born1963
  • CountryUnited States Of America