Featured North Korea 2 June 2021 North Korea Forward Deploys Anti-Aircraft Guns to Attack Balloon Launches North Korea previously attacked the balloon launches in 2014.
Featured Newsletter 31 May 2021 TBR Weekly Update: Week 4, May 2021 Looking back on the cultural impact of Roh Moo-hyun, and the incel leader aiming to be the next conservative party leader.
Featured Elections 31 May 2021 Parties Gear up for the Presidential Election Liberals are consolidating behind Lee Jae-myung, while conservatives are still looking for a candidate.
Featured COVID-19 29 May 2021 Pandemic Depresses Dating Lives Social distancing means fewer chances to meet someone new.
Featured History 28 May 2021 The 99th Children's Day Influenced by March 1 Movement, the Children's Day was strongly connected to May Day.
Featured Media 27 May 2021 Between Two Deaths of Young Man, Only One Gets Around-the-Clock Coverage Rather than using the slow news week to discuss neglected issues, the media makes its sensationalism even cheaper.
Featured Business & Economy 26 May 2021 Manufacturing Carries South Korea Through the Pandemic South Korea is a top 3 manufacturing power in the world as of 2020, ahead of United States and Japan.
Featured Newsletter 24 May 2021 TBR Weekly Update: Week 3, May 2021 Moon Jae-in and Joe Biden open a new chapter of ROK-US alliance; remembering the Gwangju Democracy Movement.
Featured Society 24 May 2021 Incels Call for Boycotts of Companies Using Hidden Hand Gesture in Advertisements It's as absurd as it sounds.
Featured Key Players 21 May 2021 Obituary: Cardinal Jeong Jin-seok Nicolao, South Korea's Second-Ever Cardinal Approximately 8% of South Koreans are Catholics, including President Moon Jae-in Timoteo.
Featured Starter Kit 20 May 2021 Starter Kit: The Inner Pipework of the Blue House The vast organization within the Office of the President acts as the president's lever for his or her government.
Featured Conservatives 19 May 2021 Former Conservative Leader Confirms Park Geun-hye's Plan for Martial Law Kim Mu-seong also said conservative lawmakers advised Park to resign, but she refused to step down.
Featured Newsletter 17 May 2021 TBR Weekly Update: Week 2, May 2021 The major parties are gearing up for the presidential election, now less than 300 days away.
Featured Business & Economy 17 May 2021 Deceased Samsung Chairman's Estate Donates Money and Artwork While Consolidating Family Control Lee Kun-hee's family divided his stock holdings to consolidate corporate control for his son Lee Jae-yong.
Featured Climate Change 15 May 2021 Climate Change Threatens the Sea Women "I'm finding more golf balls than sea cucumbers now."
Featured COVID-19 14 May 2021 Pandemic Economy Hits Married Women Closure of schools took away the free childcare, impacting married women.
Featured Conservatives 13 May 2021 The Rise of the Incels Conservative pundit Lee Jun-seok is emerging as the spokesman of the sexists.
Featured History 12 May 2021 Remembering the Sabuk Resistance of 1980 The lesser-known incident of state violence was the precursor to the Gwangju Democracy Movement.
Featured Newsletter 10 May 2021 TBR Weekly Update: Week 1, May 2021 The slow news week could have been an opportunity to elevate the discourse, but South Korea's media chose sensationalism instead.
Featured Business & Economy 10 May 2021 Namyang Dairy Pumps and Dumps The embattled dairy company claimed its yogurt could cure COVID-19 and faced a blowback.
Business & Economy 7 May 2021 Louis Vuitton and Chanel the Big Winners in South Korea’s Luxury Market Pandemic-related "revenge consumption" boosted the luxury market.
Featured Starter Kit 6 May 2021 Introduction to South Korea's Judicial System South Korea has a legal system that is largely based on Civil Law with some US law characteristics.
Featured Business & Economy 5 May 2021 Ssangyong Motors Bankrupt Again South Korea's fourth largest automaker fell into bankruptcy a decade after the last restructuring.
Featured Newsletter 3 May 2021 TBR Weekly Update: Week 4, April 2021 Lee Kun-hee donates his art collection. Our overview of the people who run the Blue House.
Featured Media 3 May 2021 Youn Yuh-jung: Oscar Winner Laughs the Last Youn is the rarest sight in Korean show business: an older actress who refuses to be pigeonholed.
Featured National Security 1 May 2021 South Korea Unveils First Unit of Domestically Produced Fighter Jet KF-21 Boramae adds to South Korea's fifth largest air force in the world.
Featured Society 30 April 2021 Rising Food Prices Hurt the Poor Only the lowest income households increased their spending during the pandemic because of the rising food price.
Featured Key Players 29 April 2021 O Se-hun: The Old New Mayor of Seoul The former Seoul mayor reclaimed the City Hall after having left it in disgrace in 2011.
Featured Media 28 April 2021 Future of Journalism: IKEA Packing Material South Korea's newspapers are in demand as they are exported in pristine condition.
Featured Newsletter 26 April 2021 TBR Weekly Update: Week 3, April 2021 Youn Yuh-jung becomes the first Korean actor to win an Oscar. The rise of misogyny as a political ideology.
Featured Buzzword 26 April 2021 Buzzword: Naero-nambul One of the South Korea's greatest political slangs made a comeback in the recent by-elections.
Featured Business & Economy 24 April 2021 BTS and Ariana Grande, Together at Last at the Shareholder Meeting HYBE acquires Ithaca Holdings, expanding into the US market in a big way.
Featured Society 23 April 2021 Getting Older: Korean Mothers South Korea's low fertility rate in part stems from women giving birth late in their lives.
Featured Foreign Policy 22 April 2021 Myanmar and South Korea: a Brief History Myanmar and South Korea began as a partnership of authoritarianism, but the two countries' paths diverged.
Featured History 21 April 2021 Remembering the Jeju Massacre of 1947-49 Also known as the April 3 Incident, the Jeju Massacre is among the most horrific acts of state violence in South Korean history.
Featured Newsletter 19 April 2021 TBR Weekly Update: Week 2, April 2021 Moon Jae-in lines up what is likely to be his last cabinet. TBR's Starter Kit on South Korea's judicial system.
Featured Business & Economy 19 April 2021 Market Kurly Follows Coupang, Pursues New York IPO Market Kurly is an online shopping mall that delivers fresh food.
Featured COVID-19 16 April 2021 South Korea Preparing for a Vaccine Passport The vaccine passport will be blockchain-based.
Featured Starter Kit 15 April 2021 The Invisible Hands of South Korean Politics The elected officials may receive all the spotlight, but those behind the scene are often more important.
Featured Business & Economy 14 April 2021 Korean Drama Canceled After History Row with China Since late last year, the claims of Chinese encroachment on Korean culture have been getting louder.
Featured Newsletter 12 April 2021 TBR Weekly Update: Week 1, April 2021 Conservatives sweep the Seoul/Busan mayoral by-elections. Also, our profile of the old new Seoul mayor O Se-hun.
Featured Japan 12 April 2021 First Korean School Appeared in Japanese HS Baseball Championship Kyoto International School is one of only four zainichi schools of Japan.
Business & Economy 9 April 2021 South Korea's Largest Crypto Exchange Up for Sale Bithumb is a top seven crypto exchange in the world.
Featured United States 8 April 2021 Biden Officials Stumble in Their Seoul Visit The grown-ups may be back in the room, but that didn't mean everything went smoothly.
Featured Breaking News 7 April 2021 Breaking News Analysis: Conservatives Sweep the Seoul-Busan By-Elections For the first time in five years, the conservative People Power Party won a major election as they swept the mayoral by-elections of South Korea's two largest cities.
Featured Key Players 6 April 2021 Heo Gyeong-yeong Picks up His Antics Again in the Seoul Mayor Race The cult leader's frivolous campaign is sometimes an ironic contribution to democracy.
Featured Newsletter 5 April 2021 TBR Weekly Update: Week 5, March 2021 Seoul/Busan mayoral by-elections are two days away. An overview of ROK-Myanmar relations.
Featured Conservatives 5 April 2021 Can O Se-hun Avoid an Upset This Time? The conservative Seoul mayor candidate has an unfortunate streak of being on the wrong side of an upset.
Featured Starter Kit 3 April 2021 Get to Know Busan, South Korea's Second City The discerning watcher of South Korean politics should pay close attention to South Korea’s second largest city, long the bellwether of Korean politics.
