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.
Featured Business & Economy 19 April 2024 Bank of Korea Proposes Staggered Application of Minimum Wage The central bank suggested paying migrant workers less.
Featured Media 18 April 2024 The Onslaught at KBS Continues New appointee by Yoon Suk-yeol is gutting the publicly owned television station.
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.
Featured Newsletter 18 March 2024 TBR Weekly Update: Week 2, March 2024 Conflicts between the ruling People Power Party and the Office of the President began to spill out into the open. The General Election is 23 days away.
Featured Business & Economy 18 March 2024 Coupang Maintains a Blacklist The list contains not only workers who complained, but also undercover journalists and lawmakers.
