Featured Society 17 April 2024 South Korea's Autocratic Turn: Data Yoon Suk-yeol has undone South Korea's gains in democratization.
Featured Newsletter 15 April 2024 TBR Weekly Update: Week 2, April 2024 Yoon Suk-yeol and the People Power Party suffered a crushing defeat in the General Election.
Featured Key Players 15 April 2024 Son Myeong-sun, 96, First Lady of Kim Young-sam Unlike First Ladies, Son assiduously avoided the limelight.
Featured Recommendations 12 April 2024 Book Review: Seeing South Korea Without Orientalism Colin Marshall's new book suggests covering South Korea without exoticism.
Featured Elections 11 April 2024 The Surprising Strength of Cho Kuk Party Rebuilding Korea Party has stormed the General Election.
Featured Breaking News 10 April 2024 Breaking News Analysis: Liberals Win Legislative Supermajority in the General Election The defeat makes Yoon Suk-yeol 윤석열 the first South Korean president to spend his entire five-year term in the legislative minority.
Featured Foreign Policy 10 April 2024 Bipartisan Support for the US-South Korea Alliance: Data Both conservatives and liberals favor closer relationship with the United States.
Featured Breaking News 10 April 2024 Breaking News: Exit Polls Show Overwhelming Liberal Victory for the General Election The Democratic Party and the liberal bloc are headed to the 200-seat supermajority.
Featured Business & Economy 9 April 2024 Live-in Requirement Postponed to Help the Sagging Real Estate Market Measure to counteract real estate speculation was postponed.
Featured Newsletter 8 April 2024 TBR Weekly Update: Week 1, April 2024 Voters turned out at historic levels for early voting of the April 10 General Election. Also: the Sewol Ferry Disaster, ten years on.
Featured Newsletter 1 April 2024 TBR Weekly Update: Week 4, March 2024 Voting began for the General Election. Also: a look at each party’s proportional representation slate.
Featured Culture 29 March 2024 Independent Theater Hakchon Closes Hakchon made Daehak-ro the Broadway of Seoul.
Featured Elections 28 March 2024 Democratic Party Springs Leaks Ahead of the General Election Fractious slate-setting process sparked an exodus of liberal lawmakers.
Featured Society 28 March 2024 Children are Luxury Goods: Data More than half of all children are born into high income households.
Featured Business & Economy 26 March 2024 Fresh Pressure on SK Hynix to Approve Western Digital-Kioxia Merger Yoon administration joins US and Japan.
Featured Newsletter 25 March 2024 TBR Weekly Update: Week 3, March 2024 The People Power Party watched its support plummet in the Seoul metropolitan area. The General Election is 16 days away.
Featured Bureaucracy 25 March 2024 Yoon Suk-yeol Takes Steps Toward Eliminating Gender Equality Ministry Minister Kim Hyeon-suk will leave her post with no replacement.
Featured History 22 March 2024 Conservatives Push Pro-Syngman Rhee Propaganda The Birth of Korea is a surprise hit, in part because conservative groups are paying people to watch it.
Featured Healthcare 21 March 2024 Few Hearts Bleed for Striking Doctors South Korea’s doctors have achieved the impossible: they appear even more out of touch than the Yoon Suk-yeol administration.
