Featured Japan 30 March 2023 Seoul’s Capitulation in the Slave Labor Deal Repeats the Failure of 2015 Seoul's capitulation to unrepentant Tokyo ignores the victims' wishes as the US prematurely celebrates the deal.
Featured Conservatives 29 March 2023 Kim Gi-hyeon Elected as the New Ruling Party Chairman Yoon Suk-yeol strengthened his grip over the People Power Party while Lee Jun-seok faction was wiped out.
Featured Newsletter 27 March 2023 TBR Weekly Update: Week 4, March 2023 The Yoon administration indicted the liberal leader Lee Jae-myung. Also: the Constitutional Court defeated the challenge against prosecution reform.
Featured Society 27 March 2023 When are You a Grown-up? South Koreans Say "28" "Emerging adulthood" becomes a social trend in South Korea.
Featured Recommendations 24 March 2023 In the Name of God: New Netflix Documentary Explores South Korea’s Cults A timely documentary considers the legacy of cults from the period of South Korea's economic growth.
Featured Liberals 23 March 2023 With the Arrest Warrant Vote, Lee Jae-myung Faces a Crossroads Unprecedented attempt to arrest the liberal leader exposed the cracks in the ranks.
Featured Society 22 March 2023 Record High Spending Private Tutoring Cost of education contributes to South Korea's low birth rate.
Featured Newsletter 20 March 2023 TBR Weekly Update: Week 3, March 2023 Yoon Suk-yeol visited Tokyo. Also: TBR’s profile of Deputy National Security Advisor Kim Tae-hyo, the driving force behind the slave laborer agreement with Japan.
Featured Bureaucracy 20 March 2023 Bullying Allegations Kneecaps the NOI Chief Nominee Strategic leak regarding the nominee's son may have given prosecutors a taste of their own medicine.
Featured Bureaucracy 17 March 2023 Tenfold Increase in Raid Warrants over 20 Years: Data The tenfold increase in raids stands in stark contrast to the number of arrest warrants, which declined by more than 80% over the same time period.
Featured Society 16 March 2023 Low Birth Rate Leads to Rural Extinction The impact of South Korea's record low birth rate is truly felt outside of its major cities.
Featured Society 15 March 2023 Court Rules Same Sex Couples May Register as De Facto Married In a major step toward legalizing gay marriage, court ruled that same sex couples may register each other as dependents in social welfare programs.
Featured Newsletter 13 March 2023 TBR Weekly Update: Week 2, March 2023 The People Power Party elected new leadership, while the prosecutorial investigation against Lee Jae-myung claimed another life. Also: an analysis of South Korea’s capitulation in the slave labor agreement with Japan.
Featured History 13 March 2023 Twenty Years on, No Closure in the Daegu Subway Disaster Rather than improving public safety, some have learned to attack the victims.
Featured North Korea 11 March 2023 Survey: North Korea is Neither Enemy Nor Friend Among elementary, middle and high school students, opinion of North Korea straddled the middle.
Featured Business & Economy 10 March 2023 The Visible Hand of Yoon Suk-yeol Administration Yoon's avowed libertarian leanings is but a distant memory.
Featured Liberals 9 March 2023 Prosecutors' Absurd Charges Against Lee Jae-myung The argument that political gains amount to bribery makes a mockery of representative democracy.
Featured Conservatives 8 March 2023 Thae Yong-ho Falsely Claims Kim Il-Sung Caused the Jeju Massacre Former North Korean defector refused to retract his statement, based on his knowledge from North Korean education.
Featured Newsletter 6 March 2023 TBR Weekly Update: Week 1, March 2023 Yoon Suk-yeol capitulated to Japan’s refusal to pay reparations to former slave laborers, then blamed Korea for being colonized. Also: the shaky grip of Lee Jae-myung’s leadership over the liberal opposition.
Featured History 6 March 2023 Court Orders Reparations for Vietnamese War Crime Victims The court’s decision is the first ruling by the South Korean judiciary to recognize the country’s responsibility for war crimes committed in the course of the Vietnam War.
Featured Business & Economy 3 March 2023 SM Entertainment: Power Struggle at the Fountainhead of K-pop Battle between Kakao and HYBE may well determine the future of K-pop business.
Featured Courts 2 March 2023 Judicial Farce that is Gwak Sang-do's Daejang-dong Trial Even the conservatives are hard-pressed to defend the court's mental gymnastics.
Featured Starter Kit 1 March 2023 How Opinion Polls are Gamed in Election Time Internal party elections that utilize opinion polls directly and indirectly skew surveys.
Featured Newsletter 27 February 2023 TBR Weekly Update: Week 4, February 2023 The National Assembly rejected the Yoon administration’s arrest warrant for Lee Jae-myung. Also: a look at the population crisis and dire shortages of medical services in rural areas.
Featured Conservatives 27 February 2023 Court Establishes First Lady's Involvement in a Stock Pump-and-Dump Scheme First Lady Kim Geon-hee still has not faced any investigation in her involvement in the Deutsche Motors scheme while other conspirators were found guilty.
Featured Society 24 February 2023 [Obituary] Lim Bo-ra, 54, Presbyterian Pastor Who Stood for LGBTQ+ Rights Lim was declared a heretic for her advocacy for sexual minority.
Featured Media 23 February 2023 Media and Conservatives: a Corrupt Symbiosis Quid pro quo between the media and conservatives all but created the Yoon Suk-yeol administration.
Featured Business & Economy 22 February 2023 Semiconductor Market Craters, Dragging Down South Korea’s Exports Foundry manufacturing is the sole bright spot in otherwise grim times for South Korea's semiconductor production.
Featured Newsletter 20 February 2023 TBR Weekly Update: Week 3, February 2023 For the first time in South Korean history, the Yoon Suk-yeol administration sought to arrest the sitting opposition leader.
Featured Society 20 February 2023 South Korean Democracy Backslides in EIU Survey Transition from Moon Jae-in to Yoon Suk-yeol led to a retreat of democracy in South Korea.
Liberals 17 February 2023 [Book Review] Mr. President: Putting on a Show for Moon Jae-in Credit: Medici Media. Despite their power and influence, presidential staff members tend to be anonymous bureaucrats. But former Blue House Secretary of Protocol Tak Hyeon-min 탁현민 전 청와대 의전비서관 has been a lightning rod for conservative criticism. The criticism came largely because he was good at his job: making his
Featured Society 16 February 2023 “Heating Bill Bomb” Detonates into Politics Doubled gas bills arriving shortly before the Lunar New Year are pressuring the Yoon Suk-yeol administration.
Featured Newsletter 14 February 2023 TBR Weekly Update: Week 2, February 2023 Court decisions regarding the Daejang-dong real estate scandal and the First Lady’s stock pump-and-dump scheme stirred controversy.
Featured Society 14 February 2023 Subway Ridership Does Not Affect Support for Disability Activists' Subway Protest: Data Political orientation, not subway ridership, determined the support for protests that slow down the trains.
Featured Business & Economy 13 February 2023 Will the National Pension Service Survive? South Korea's rapidly graying population pressures the world's second largest pension fund.
Featured Key Players 11 February 2023 Moon Jae-in’s New Career: Bookstore Owner Former president decides to take his bibliophilia a step further.
Featured Society 10 February 2023 Nearly 130k Young Shut-Ins in Seoul: Data Difficulty finding a job or loss of job was the leading cause of social isolation.
Featured Business & Economy 9 February 2023 Coffee in South Korea: Starbucks, Ediya Reign While Mega Challenges South Korea's coffee scene has seen a dramatic improvement in recent years.
Featured National Assembly 8 February 2023 Legislative Investigation of the Itaewon Disaster Recommends Charges for Perjury for Yoon Administration Officials The ruling People Power Party boycotted the legislative report.
Featured Newsletter 6 February 2023 TBR Weekly Update: Week 1, February 2023 The Democratic Party moved to impeach the Interior Minister over the Itaewon Disaster. Also: a look into South Korean media’s symbiotic relationship with the conservative government.
Featured Media 6 February 2023 KCC Official Arrested for Attacking TV Chosun Conservative cable news channel nearly lost its license because of sensationalism and falsehood. Now the Yoon administration is attacking the officials who made that judgment.
Featured Business & Economy 3 February 2023 Mushroom Sales: a Recession Indicator Mushroom, kombu, and paprika sales predict an economic downturn.
Featured Starter Kit 2 February 2023 South Korea and the Middle East: a Primer South Korea has long had a mercantilist approach in the Arab world, which is increasingly difficult to maintain.
Featured Business & Economy 1 February 2023 January 3 Real Estate Plan: a Desperate Bid to Revive the Market Yoon administration removed nearly all regulations designed to prevent speculation in hopes that buyers will return.
Featured Newsletter 30 January 2023 TBR Weekly Update: Week 4, January 2023 Soaring heating bills put pressure on the Yoon Suk-yeol administration. The People Power Party continued its internal squabbles over the chairman race, while the Democratic Party battled prosecutors.
Featured Blue House 30 January 2023 0% Truth from the Office of the President, Says SNU Fact Check Center Not a single disputed statement from the presidential office was true.
Featured Society 28 January 2023 Obituary: Cho Se-hui, 80, Novelist of The Dwarf The Dwarf, which described and denounced the urban poverty in South Korea's growth era, is among the most influential novels of the late 20th century.
Featured Business & Economy 27 January 2023 Serial Deaths of “Villa Kings” Expose the Weakness of the Jeonse System Suspicious demise of highly leveraged real estate holders left thousands of tenants in a bind.
Featured Conservatives 26 January 2023 People Power Party's Game of Thrones Trying to strengthen his grip over the ruling party, Yoon Suk-yeol bulldozes over potential challengers.
Featured Society 25 January 2023 Numerous Journalists Received Bribes from Daejang-dong Ringleader The bribed journalists took a critical stance against Lee Jae-myung and the Democratic Party.
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