Featured Society 30 September 2022 One out of Seven Women Suffer from Violence: Inaugural Government Report Ministry of Gender Equality issued its first official report on violence against women.
Featured Blue House 29 September 2022 “Bloodbath”: the Quiet Purge of the Presidential Office Yoon Suk-yeol and the People Power Party leadership are drifting away from each other.
Featured Business & Economy 28 September 2022 Frieze Seoul Marks South Korea as a New Hub of Modern Art Asia's first Frieze fair sold more than USD 450m worth of artwork.
Featured Newsletter 26 September 2022 TBR Weekly Update: Week 3, September 2022 Yoon Suk-yeol goes a disastrous tour of the United Kingdom, the United States and Canada. A look at the new landscape of South Korean politics.
Featured Foreign Policy 24 September 2022 Queen Elizabeth II and Korea The English queen's reign nearly covered the entirety of South Korea's existence.
Featured Society 23 September 2022 Inflation Hurting the Chuseok Table: Data More than half said they are simplifying the Chuseok spread because of rising food costs.
Featured Liberals 22 September 2022 Lee Jae-myung's New Challenge The former presidential candidate is now the Democratic Party chairman. Now, here comes the hard part.
Featured Business & Economy 21 September 2022 South Korea Loses Arbitration to Lone Star, Ordered to Pay USD 216.5m The investor-state arbitration against a US-based private equity fund was one of the biggest business litigations South Korea has faced.
Featured Newsletter 19 September 2022 TBR Weekly Update: Week 2, September 2022 Yoon Suk-yeol welcomed China’s top legislator, while the People Power Party attempted to whitewash a coup attempt. Also: a look at the maelstrom of controversy around the First Lady.
Featured Blue House 19 September 2022 Yoon's First Budget Proposal Cuts Back Welfare and National Defense Conservatives have criticized the aircraft carrier as only helpful to the United States.
Featured History 17 September 2022 Brothers Welfare Center Officially Recognized as State-Sanctioned Human Rights Violation The slave camp in Busan killed over 650 in its twelve years of operation during South Korea's dictatorship era.
Featured Society 16 September 2022 Fertility Rate Drops to a New Low Seoul is beginning to feel the effects as well.
Featured COVID-19 15 September 2022 Sleepwalking into a COVID Public Health Disaster The Yoon administration still has no Health Minister, and the existing personnel are not up to the task.
Featured Business & Economy 14 September 2022 “A Back-of-the-Head Strike”: US Protectionism of Electric Vehicles Draws Ire New low cuts off government assistance for EVs manufactured by South Korean carmakers.
Featured Newsletter 12 September 2022 TBR Weekly Update: Week 1, September 2022 South Korea celebrated Chuseok amid soaring inflation that is dampening the spirit of the harvest season. Also: Yoon Suk-yeol’s quiet purge of the presidential office.
Featured Liberals 12 September 2022 Democratic Party Elects New Leadership Lee Jae-myung is the new chairman, with a firm hold in the party's leadership group.
Featured Business & Economy 9 September 2022 Chicken Game: Bargain Priced Fried Chicken Poised to Disrupt Once criticized as undercutting mom-and-pop shops, cut-rate fried chicken is now welcome as inflation rages.
Featured History 8 September 2022 "New Right" History Ascendant Again Under Conservative Presidency The right-wing revisionist history is stridently anti-communist and pro-Japanese Imperialism.
Featured Business & Economy 7 September 2022 The Quietly Roaring Private Equity Market of South Korea South Korea's maturing economy is a fertile ground for financiers.
Featured Newsletter 5 September 2022 TBR Weekly Update: Week 5, August 2022 The Yoon Suk-yeol administration proposed its first budget that cut welfare programs. Also: a look at what lies ahead for Lee Jae-myung, now chairman of the Democratic Party.
