In the 1990s, the United States offered to help North Korea with its energy needs if it gave up its nuclear weapons programme. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes 1990s energy give
Walking down the street with a portrait of the Dalai Lama will get one immediately arrested in most parts of China. Tiny medallions are routinely confiscated and destroyed. Barbara Demick arrestchinaconfiscate Change image and share on social
North Korea is probably the only country in the world deliberately kept out of the Internet. Barbara Demick countrydeliberatelyinternet Change image and share on social
One of the ways the North Korea regime has kept power is by keeping its people ignorant of the living standards in the outside world. That's the underlying lie that supports the regime - not that their country is 'normal' but that they are better off. Barbara Demick countryignorantkeep share on social
Well, there's no question that the law passed in 1996 was flawed. It deregulated the wholesale market, meaning the price that the utilities had to pay energy companies for power, but not the retail market. Gray Davis companyderegulateenergy share on social
I don't think even when you find a person, you can be completely honest, ever. There's still pieces of you that you don't give away. I do believe you always need that place where it's just you, your thoughts, no one else's judgment or anything. Alicia Keys completelyfindgive share on social
Early in the 1990s, I flew alone in a dandelion-yellow, single-engine, 180-horsepower Piper Cherokee from Westchester County Airport in New York westward to the Rocky Mountains, landing and refuelling a good many times in middle-sized cities and towns along the way. Cynthia Ozick 1990sairportcherokee share on social