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Hong attracted attention in July 2013 as a spokesman for the Minjoo Party's predecessor, the Democratic Party, when he described President Park Geun-hye as a gwitae (귀태; 鬼胎), literally a "baby born to a ghost or demon or the Devil" or "ghost fetus or demon fetus", an uncommon term that has been applied in an abstract sense to Japanese militarism.[2] A presidential spokesman stated that the label was "verbal abuse and a slur" and questioned Hong's "qualification as a lawmaker".[3] Hong was forced to resign as party spokesman following the remark.[1]
2000: (with Cho Myung-chul) 中國ㆍ베트남의初期改革ㆍ開放政策과北韓의改革方向 [China and Vietnam's Early Reforms and Opening-up Policies and North Korea's Reform Direction] (in Korean). Seoul: Korea Institute for International Economic Policy.
2002: "A Shift Toward Capitalism? Recent Economic Reforms in North Korea". East Asia Review. 14 (4): 93–106.
2014: 한반도를 넘어 유라시아로: 홍익표의 한반도 미래전략 제안 [Beyond the Korean Peninsula to Eurasia: Hong Ihk-pyo's Future Strategy Proposals for the Korean Peninsula] (in Korean). Seoul: I&R.
