Email Author Cathy Hong

2003 Stories by Cathy Hong

• Fine Young Communists

  published November 18, 2003

  SEOUL, South Korea—Dae Sik Yoo, the student body president of Kyung Hee University, is on the lam. Since police can arrest him... More >>

• So Me, Soju: The Korean Rice Liquor That Socks It to Sake

  published August 26, 2003

  Soju is like sake with a bite. A clear, bitter Korean liquor distilled from rice, it is best quaffed from a shot glass and accompanied with Korean... More >>

• Puncturing a Regime With Balloons

  published August 12, 2003

  Next month, two activists for North Korean refugees plan to gather dozens of volunteers along the heavily fortified border that divides North and... More >>

• Close-Up on Ditmas Park

  published June 10, 2003

  Portions of this article have been updated. Step out of the Beverley Road stop off the Q... More >>

• China Sentences Times Freelance Photographer

  published June 3, 2003

  After languishing five months in a Chinese detention center, New York Times More >>

• Listings

  published April 8, 2003

  The Tall Boys exude feminist appeal, but with boyish swagger and a taste for malt liquor. "Sorry, kids. My head's smaller than a cat's ass,"... More >>

• Left Behind

  published March 18, 2003

  On Tuesday, March 18, a New York Times freelance photographer named Jae-Hyun Seok marked the start of his third month behind bars in China.... More >>

• Listings

  published March 11, 2003

  Readings are the Buick Cutlasses of entertainment—potentially slow and blindingly boring. I've been to libraries and Barnes & Noble... More >>

• Barbaric Bard

  published February 4, 2003

  Male poets: wan as delicate orchids and tortured as preteen girls. I myself wrote poetry, but I preferred slacker rockers or just plain slackers... More >>