A guide at the Kimjongilia Exhibition in Pyongyang, North Korea



Suki at Songgwangsa, South Korea


Selected Essays by Suki Kim:


 Op-Ed, THE WASHINGTON POST, July 25, 2007:
Asia's Apostles

Op-Ed, THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, April 24, 2007: Globalizing Grief

Op-Ed, THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, October 16, 2006: Great Leadership

Modern Love column, THE NEW YORK TIMES,
September 24, 2006: Our Affair Was a Long Lesson... about the first love in London.

Op-Ed, THE WALL STREET JOURNAL,
December 30, 2005: Hwang, Drawn and Quartered?

On the paradoxically modern and ancient culture of South Korea for the Frankfurt Book Fair Special Issue of NEUE ZURCHER ZEITUNG (NZZ), October 15, 2005: Die Ahnen und die Wasser (The Anticipation of the Water).

'The Next Wave,' The City Section Special: THE NEW YORK TIMES, November 21, 2004: Facing Poverty With a Rich Girl's Habits.

On hiking to and sleeping at South Korea's famous Buddhist temple, Songgwangsa, GOURMET Magazine, December, 2003: Night Ride Home.

On being single in New York City: THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 22, 2003: Marriage of Inconvenience?

On the Korean Centennial, THE BOSTON GLOBE, June 8, 2003: Strange Centennial.

Op-Ed, THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 10, 2003: Korea's New Wave.

On writing The Interpreter, THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 2, 2003: Translating Poverty and Pain.


The eyewitness report from Pyongyang, North Korea during the 60th Birthday Celebration of Kim Jong Il “the Great Leader”; THE NEW YORK REVIEW OF BOOKS, Feb 13, 2003:
A Visit to North Korea.