Featured Business & Economy 14 December 2022 FTX Wreckage Washes Ashore in South Korea Busan's ambition to be a crypto hub took a hit.
Featured Newsletter 13 December 2022 TBR Weekly Update: Week 1, December 2022 The National Assembly again recommended that a cabinet minister be terminated. Also: The Yoon Suk-yeol administration’s appeals to xenophobic bigotry.
Featured Society 12 December 2022 Overwhelmingly Negative Response to the Handling of Itaewon Disaster: Poll A plurality called for Yoon Suk-yeol's entire cabinet to resign.
Featured Conservatives 9 December 2022 People Power Party Calls for Nuclear Armament The ruling conservative party issued a report proposing “a secret project to secure the potential for nuclear armament” by studying “the optimal course for nuclear armament.”
Featured Society 8 December 2022 Itaewon Disaster Drip-Feeds into Politics Victims' families are beginning to gather, and the National Assembly launched its investigative committee.
Featured Business & Economy 7 December 2022 Truckers Strike Again for Minimum Guaranteed Pay Truck drivers are demanding continuation and expansion of the Freight Safety Fee.
Featured Newsletter 5 December 2022 TBR Weekly Update: Week 5, November 2022 The Yoon Suk-yeol administration cracked down on the truckers’ strike. South Korea’s men’s national team made a glorious run in the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.
Featured North Korea 5 December 2022 Greater Attention and Pessimism over North Korean Human Rights: Data More focus, but less hope.
Featured Blue House 2 December 2022 The Ex-President's North Korean Dogs Kim Jong Un's gift became a source of tension between Moon Jae-in and Yoon Suk-yeol.
Featured Media 1 December 2022 Yoon Administration Continues to Attack MBC News Exclusion from the ROK Air Force One and massive tax audit are only a prelude of what is to come.
30 November 2022 International Nuptials are Fewer, but More Normalized: Data Credit: Public domain. South Korea’s labor market wasn’t the only thing affected by COVID-19 restrictions. (See previous coverage [https://www.blueroofpolitics.com/post/labor-crunch-threatens-manufacturing/], “ Labor Crunch Threatens Manufacturing.”) South Korea’s marriage market was also affected: according to the Bureau of Statistics 통계청 2021 survey of multicultural demographics,
Featured Newsletter 28 November 2022 TBR Weekly Update: Week 4, November 2022 Families of the victims of the Itaewon Disaster held their first press conference as the National Assembly opens a legislative investigation.
Featured Business & Economy 28 November 2022 Coupang Finally Turns Profit After Eight Years After years of terrible labor conditions and decline in share price, Coupang is finally making money.
Featured Society 24 November 2022 Itaewon Disaster: a Very International Affair South Korea's elevated stature, and the special meaning of the location, made the Itaewon disaster particularly international.
Featured Society 23 November 2022 Itaewon Disaster: Government Failure at Every Level Police, the District Office and the central government all failed to handle basic duties.
Featured Newsletter 21 November 2022 TBR Weekly Update: Week 3, November 2022 President Yoon Suk-yeol continued to battle the press while North Korea fired a new ICBM. Also: TBR’s look at South Korea’s “War on Drugs.”
Featured Business & Economy 21 November 2022 Legoland Bond Crisis Spreads Internationally as Heungkuk Life Rocked Asian Bond Market Heungkuk's Life's non-call of its 30 year bond shook the confidence in Asian bonds generally.
Featured Blue House 19 November 2022 The President's Drinking Buddies Yoon Suk-yeol's infamous drinking habits lead to cancelled meetings and opaque lobbying.
Featured Blue House 18 November 2022 Early Look at the 2027 Presidential Election O Se-hun, Kim Dong-yeon Lead in Favorability Plus-Minus.
