Featured Newsletter 8 July 2024 TBR Weekly Update: Week 1, July 2024 Dysfunction continued in the National Assembly, while the US presidential election loomed large on the horizon.
Featured Business & Economy 8 July 2024 Massive Error in Housing Statistics from the Land Ministry Two cities' worth of housing were not counted in advance of the General Election.
Featured Bureaucracy 4 July 2024 Yoon Suk-yeol’s Prosecutors Fail to Deliver on Targeted Investigations The president is failing to achieve the only thing its supports want.
Featured Newsletter 1 July 2024 TBR Weekly Update: Week 4, June 2024 A deadly fire broke out, killing migrant workers. Also: far-right YouTubers in the Yoon administration.
Featured Business & Economy 1 July 2024 The LINE Affair Boils Over to Politics Yoon Suk-yeol administration showing remarkable lack of urgency.
Featured Newsletter 25 June 2024 TBR Weekly Update: Week 3, June 2024 Vladimir Putin visited Kim Jong Un, spelling an end to South Korea’s Northern Diplomacy.
Featured Newsletter 18 June 2024 TBR Weekly Update: Week 2, June 2024 The United States stepped in to de-escalate tensions between the two Koreas that it had stoked.
Featured Media 14 June 2024 Another Low in Press Freedom, Another Raid by the Yoon Administration EBS is raided over a cup of coffee.
Featured Blue House 13 June 2024 Yoon Suk-yeol’s Year 2: Hoping for a Slow Decline With the General Election defeat, Yoon can only hope that his presidency does not end abruptly.
Featured Newsletter 10 June 2024 TBR Weekly Update: Week 1, June 2024 Yoon Suk-yeol claimed to have found oil under the sea, while North Korea sent more poop balloons over the DMZ.
Featured Business & Economy 10 June 2024 Small Restaurants Become Big Business Some out-earn major chain restaurants with lower cost and online expansion.
Featured Society 7 June 2024 Sense of Gender Roles Goes Backwards: Data Young people's regression in gender roles coincides with the rise of incel politics.
Featured Blue House 6 June 2024 Marine Corporal’s Death is a Growing Liability for Yoon Suk-yeol Presidential intervention is alleged in a cover-up of a drowning death of a marine corporal who was given no safety equipment.
Featured Business & Economy 5 June 2024 Japanese Government Attacks South Korea-Owned LINE Messenger App Tokyo is pressuring the messenger app to oust South Korea's Naver from the joint venture.
Featured Newsletter 3 June 2024 TBR Weekly Update: Week 5, May 2024 Yoon Suk-yeol made history on vetoes, while North Korea floated excrement across the DMZ.
Featured Culture 3 June 2024 Min Hee-jin Breaks K-pop "If you want to come at me, come at my face, don’t talk behind my back. I’m just an ignorant art school bitch."
Featured Key Players 31 May 2024 Hong Se-hwa, 77, a Leading Progressive Thinker The socialist refugee in Paris became one of South Korea's foremost progressive thinkers.
Featured Blue House 30 May 2024 The Hidden Line in the Office of the President The clandestine influence of the First Lady Kim Geon-hee.
Featured Liberals 29 May 2024 Who are the Rebuilding Korea Party Voters? An alliance of traditional liberals and wealthy progressives.
Featured Newsletter 27 May 2024 TBR Weekly Update: Week 4, May 2024 Yoon Suk-yeol vetoed the bill authorizing a special investigation into the death of a marine corporal, as further evidence of presidential interference came to light. Also: Moon Jae-in publishes a memoir on foreign policy.
Featured Business & Economy 27 May 2024 Samsung Orders Executives to Give Up Weekends Semiconductor sales may be in the doldrums, but is six-day work week a solution?
Featured Society 24 May 2024 Fubao the Panda Captures Hearts The first South Korea-born panda is returned to China, leaving thousands of fans in her wake.
Featured Elections 23 May 2024 General Election Roundup: Yoon Suk-yeol in Trouble as His Rivals Ascend Yoon Suk-yeol in deep trouble, and the Justice Party meets its end.
Featured Elections 22 May 2024 The Dwindling Conservative Base: Data The reliable conservative voters are too old and dying off.
Featured Newsletter 20 May 2024 TBR Weekly Update: Week 3, May 2024 The National Assembly elected a new Speaker, while Yoon Suk-yeol purged the Public Prosecutors’ Office.
Featured Business & Economy 20 May 2024 Post-Election Floodgates Open with USD-KRW Exchange Rate Massive budget deficit makes it difficult for the Yoon Suk-yeol administration to defend the value of the Korean won.
Featured History 17 May 2024 The Checkered History of South Korea’s Premier Women’s College The first president of the Ewha Womans University remains a controversial figure.
Featured History 16 May 2024 Sewol Ferry Disaster, a Decade Later A turning point that defined South Korean politics for the past decade.
Featured Newsletter 13 May 2024 TBR Weekly Update: Week 2, May 2024 Yoon Suk-yeol held his second-ever press conference. Also: Yoon’s prosecutors find nothing but frustration.
Featured Foreign Policy 13 May 2024 First Official US Recognition of the Jeju Massacre US State Department called the Jeju Massacre a "terrible tragedy."
Featured Business & Economy 10 May 2024 35-Pyeong Condo is the Ideal: Data The gold standard of high rise condos.
Featured Elections 9 May 2024 General Election: A Look into Proportional Representation Slate A record 38 parties are participating in the General Election.
Featured Business & Economy 8 May 2024 Supermarket Giant Emart Teeters Botched online transition and poorly performing affiliates are weighing down South Korea's foremost big box store.
Featured Society 7 May 2024 Bus Driver Who Stood Up for Migrant Workers Imprisoned Credit: Public domain. On August 25, 2023, a 42-year-old bus driver in Daegu 대구 was arrested for obstructing law enforcement. Approximately 30 migrant workers were on his bus, which was carrying the commuting workers to the nearby industrial complex where they worked. Immigration Service 출입국관리소 vehicles lying in wait near
Featured Newsletter 6 May 2024 TBR Weekly Update: Week 1, May 2024 The judiciary dealt a blow to the Yoon Suk-yeol administration’s plan to increase the number of medical students.
Featured Business & Economy 3 May 2024 Runaway Inflation for Fruits and Vegetables Green scallion became a source of embarrassment for Yoon Suk-yeol.
Featured Elections 2 May 2024 Wheels Come Off the People Power Party’s Campaign Machine Internal squabbles threw the ruling party into a tailspin.
Featured Elections 1 May 2024 Yoon Administration’s Blue Blues Even the weather forecast comes under partisan attack.
Featured Newsletter 29 April 2024 TBR Weekly Update: Week 4, April 2024 Yoon Suk-yeol met with Lee Jae-myung for the first time in his presidency. And: The investigation threatening the Yoon administration.
Featured Bureaucracy 29 April 2024 Gender Equality Ministry Refuses to Release Gender Equality Index Another way for Yoon Suk-yeol to pander to sexists.
Featured Society 26 April 2024 Methodist Church Expels Pastor Who Gave Blessings at Pride Parade Pastor Lee Dong-hwan has stood up for LGBTQ+ rights.
Featured Elections 25 April 2024 General Election Viewers' Guide of Key Races Seoul and Busan feature heavily in the match-up.
Featured Society 24 April 2024 Elementary Schools Close Nationwide: Data Lower birth rate means fewer young students.
Featured Newsletter 22 April 2024 TBR Weekly Update: Week 3, April 2024 Yoon Suk-yeol and the Office of the President fell into a state of anomie.
Featured Business & Economy 22 April 2024 Chinese Online Retailers Eye the South Korean Market Coupang may be safe, but Emart could be in trouble.
