Featured Newsletter 7 August 2023 TBR Weekly Update: Week 1, August 2023 utter mismanagement of the World Scout Jamboree shut down the event early as thousands of scouts suffered from heat stroke and bug bites.
Featured Blue House 7 August 2023 Yoon Suk-yeol's Mother-in-Law Sentenced to Prison Choi Eun-sun was charged with forging loan documents.
Featured Society 5 August 2023 South Koreans are Happier than They Think: Data South Koreans are happier than Norwegians or Canadians. The difference is what they think of other Koreans' happiness.
Featured Foreign Policy 4 August 2023 Insider Account of Moon Jae-in Era Diplomacy Choi Jong-geon's new book is a manifesto of South Korean liberals' inter-Korean policy.
Featured North Korea 3 August 2023 Dog and Pony Show of North Korean Defectors Taste of show business taught some defectors that some stories sell better than others.
Featured Media 2 August 2023 KBS Declares Emergency in Response to Change in Fee Collection Change in the fee collection method may lead to 80% decline in revenue.
Featured Newsletter 31 July 2023 TBR Weekly Update: Week 4, July 2023 The Constitutional Court dismissed the impeachment of the Interior Minister over the Itaewon Disaster. Also: a reflection on the 70th anniversary of the Armistice Agreement.
Featured Business & Economy 31 July 2023 Small Businesses Pushed to the Brink: Data Business owners want to close shop soon while cashing out retirement savings early.
Featured Business & Economy 28 July 2023 Credit Co-op’s Failure Raises Bank Run Fears Saemaeul Co-op's unusual regulatory structure made it vulnerable to bad loans.
Featured Blue House 27 July 2023 The “MB Men” Strike Back Lee Myung-bak's old hands are joining the Yoon Suk-yeol administration, with troubling implications for democracy.
Featured Conservatives 26 July 2023 Conservative Legislators Drink out of a Fish Tank Don't try this at home.
Featured Newsletter 25 July 2023 TBR Weekly Update: Week 3, July 2023 President Yoon Suk-yeol’s mother-in-law was sentenced to one year in prison. Also: flooding deaths show why some politicians are more dangerous than others.
Featured Society 24 July 2023 For Women, Housework for Others Until 84: Data Men become net recipient of housework by age 47.
Featured Business & Economy 21 July 2023 Yoon Suk-yeol Administration Demands Lower Food Prices No atheist in a foxhole, and no libertarian in advance of an election.
Featured Society 20 July 2023 The Last Mile Problem: the State of South Korea’s LGBTQ+ Movement The parades survived the conservative onslaught, but legislative leverage remains a pipe dream.
Featured Society 19 July 2023 Most South Koreans Oppose Same Sex Marriage: Data Only about 25% is in favor of gay marriage.
Featured Newsletter 17 July 2023 TBR Weekly Update: Week 2, July 2023 President Yoon Suk-yeol visited Ukraine, while back in South Korea 54 died or went missing in nationwide flash floods. Also: the media circus of North Korean defectors.
Featured Society 17 July 2023 “Killer Questions” in the College Admission Exam A new buzzword with an unclear definition.
Featured Society 15 July 2023 Women’s National Team Gears up for FIFA World Cup 2023 Women's football legend Ji So-yeon leads the Lady Taegeuk Warriors.
Featured Business & Economy 14 July 2023 US Hedge Fund Prevails Against South Korean Government in Investor-State Dispute Elliott Associates won in a claim involving Park Geun-hye administration's intervention for Samsung's third generation succession.
Featured Elections 13 July 2023 2024 Assembly Election Viewer's Guide The state of play with nine months to go.
Featured Business & Economy 12 July 2023 Yoon Suk-yeol’s Loose Lips Shake the CSAT Tutoring Industry Presidential intervention on college entrance exam leaves students and parents confused.
Featured Newsletter 10 July 2023 TBR Weekly Update: Week 1, July 2023 First Lady Kim Geon-hee was mired in a real estate scandal involving a new planned highway. Also: the return of the Lee Myung-bak era.
Featured Media 10 July 2023 Chosun Ilbo: the Least Trusted Name in News South Korea's largest newspaper leads the way in the Korean public's distrust of the news.
Featured Culture 7 July 2023 Poets, Authors Dragged out of Seoul International Book Fair Presidential security removed protesting writers.
Featured Japan 6 July 2023 Fukushima Radioactive Wastewater Adds Another Millstone Around Yoon’s Neck Planned release of wastewater is driving South Koreans to hoard sea salt.
Featured Business & Economy 5 July 2023 Capital Control Regulations Relaxed South Korea sheds the developmental era restrictions on foreign currency exchange.
Featured Newsletter 3 July 2023 TBR Weekly Update: Week 4, June 2023 President Yoon Suk-yeol called liberals “anti-state forces” while appointing a new Unification Minister. Also: the state of South Korea’s LGBTQ+ movement.
Featured Conservatives 3 July 2023 Yoon Suk-yeol Administration Boycotts the June Struggle Memorial Yoon became the first South Korean president to refuse to honor the country's transition to democracy.
Featured Society 30 June 2023 South Korea’s First Transgender Athlete in an Official Competition Na Hwa-rin, a cyclist, won her event in the Gangwon-do Provincial Games.
Featured Courts 29 June 2023 Yoon Suk-yeol’s Unconstitutional Court-Packing The president's threat to withhold Supreme Court justice appointment is a direct challenge to the constitutional separation of powers.
Featured Elections 28 June 2023 Early Look at Assembly Election, Presidential Election People Power Party is in a hole, while Lee Jae-myung leads the polls for the favored next president.
Featured Newsletter 26 June 2023 TBR Weekly Update: Week 3, June 2023 President Yoon Suk-yeol visited Paris and Hanoi while Pride Parades faced government interference. Also: TBR’s viewer’s guide for the 2024 Assembly Election, now just nine months away.
Featured Business & Economy 26 June 2023 South Korea’s Per Capita GNI Plummets, Falls Behind Taiwan’s. Yet another economic indicator blinking red.
Featured Society 23 June 2023 Workplace Sex Discrimination: By the Numbers South Korean women are hired less than men, promoted less than men, and paid less than men with the same occupation and seniority.
Featured Society 22 June 2023 Immigrant Nannies: Are They the Answer for South Korea’s Low Birth Rate? Proposal for discounted foreign workers sparks controversy.
Featured Japan 21 June 2023 Japanese Naval Ship Flying Rising Sun Flag Docks at Busan Japan has persisted in using the equivalent of Nazi Germany's swastika.
Featured Newsletter 19 June 2023 TBR Weekly Update: Week 2, June 2023 The planned release of radioactive wastewater from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant added to pressures on the Yoon Suk-yeol administration, which tinkered with the all-important college entrance exam.
Featured Business & Economy 19 June 2023 Korean Air-Asiana Merger on the Rocks with US, EU Antitrust Regulators Proposed merger of South Korea's two largest airline piqued the attention of competition authorities around the world.
Featured Media 16 June 2023 Yoon Administration Raids MBC News Journalist’s Residence, Workplace Journalist Im Hyeon-ju previously reported Yoon Suk-yeol's embarrassing hot mic moment.
Featured Healthcare 15 June 2023 Veto of the Nursing Act Makes the Yoon Suk-yeol Administration Yet Another Enemy Horrendous working conditions of South Korean nurses have no relief in sight.
Featured Media 14 June 2023 Chosun Ilbo’s Media Law Arbitrage Chosun's nominal non-media affiliate handles the most tendentious and sensationalistic coverage.
Featured Newsletter 12 June 2023 TBR Weekly Update: Week 1, June 2023 The Yoon administration summoned the Chinese ambassador over a meeting with the opposition leader. Also: an extraordinary threat by Yoon Suk-yeol subverts judicial independence.
Featured North Korea 12 June 2023 Progressives More in Favor of Promoting North Korean Human Rights: Poll Despite their reputation, South Korea's liberals are stronger in supporting in North Korean human rights.
Featured Business & Economy 9 June 2023 The REturn of RE100 Yoon Suk-yeol's ignorance on climate change policies are hurting South Korean businesses.
Featured Society 8 June 2023 Korean Adoptees Return Home to Confront the Legacy of International Baby Sales South Korea led the world in international adoption not because children were abundant, but the system made their sale possible.
Featured Society 7 June 2023 Public Overwhelmingly in Favor of Immigration: Poll A surprising result, with some caveats.
Featured Newsletter 5 June 2023 TBR Weekly Update: Week 5, May 2023 The Yoon Suk-yeol administration sparked outrage by clubbing a striking labor unionist. Also: can immigrant nannies solve South Korea’s low birth rate?
Featured Society 5 June 2023 Protests Against the Yoon Suk-yeol Administration Intensify Numerous civic and religious groups are calling for the president to resign.
Featured Business & Economy 2 June 2023 South Korea’s Tax Receipts Plummet The deficit is significantly outpacing government projections.
