Featured Conservatives 7 December 2023 People Power Party Doubles Down on Real Estate Trying to recover from the by-election loss, the conservative ruling party sticks to what it knows.
Featured Society 6 December 2023 Childcare Leave Underutilized, Especially Among Men: Data Even among public officials with job security, men rarely take a childcare leave.
Featured Newsletter 4 December 2023 TBR Weekly Update: Week 5, November 2023 The Yoon Suk-yeol administration’s bid for the 2030 World Expo ended in an embarrassing flop. Also: a new movie about the military coup of Chun Doo-hwan is a box-office smash.
Featured Business & Economy 4 December 2023 Yoon Suk-yeol Attacks Kakao The president is directly involved in attacking South Korea's "super app" company.
Society 1 December 2023 Bizarre Fraud Against Olympic Medalist Grips the Nation Fake chaebol heir who wanted to duel Elon Musk claimed to be a transgender man with a testicular transplant.
Featured Media 30 November 2023 Yoon Suk-yeol’s Media Enforcers Come for the Internet Partisan appointments and procedural gamesmanship lead to an unprecedented attempt to regulate political speech.
Featured Society 29 November 2023 More Immigrants, but from Different Places Fewer Korean Chinese, more Southeast Asians.
Featured Newsletter 27 November 2023 TBR Weekly Update: Week 4, November 2023 North Korea repudiated the critical September 19 Inter-Korean Military Agreement. Also: Yoon Suk-yeol’s trouser troubles.
Featured National Assembly 27 November 2023 Yong Hye-in Shines in the Legislative Audit The public is more attuned to the National Assembly.
Featured Conservatives 24 November 2023 Widespread Election Denial Among Conservatives: Data Yoon Suk-yeol administration is fanning the flame.
Featured Society 23 November 2023 The Itaewon Disaster, One Year Later Gross abdication of duty and victim-blaming.
History 22 November 2023 Conservatives Shun the Bu-Ma Uprising Memorial Remaining true to their dictatorship roots.
Featured Newsletter 20 November 2023 TBR Weekly Update: Week 3, November 2023 KBS sacked numerous journalists after the Yoon Suk-yeol administration appointed a new head. Also: In Yo-han’s tug-of-war with the People Power Party.
Featured Business & Economy 20 November 2023 YTN, Leading Cable News Channel, Changes Ownership News channel is no longer publicly owned.
Featured Media 16 November 2023 The Most Trusted Name in News Bids Farewell Son Seok-hee held the title of South Korea's most trusted journalist for 17 years in a row.
Featured Society 15 November 2023 Views on Poverty, from 1990 to 2023: Poll The mood is grimmer and less charitable.
Featured Newsletter 13 November 2023 TBR Weekly Update: Week 2, November 2023 The National Assembly approved a major expansion of labor rights as a presidential veto loomed. Also: Yoon Suk-yeol’s penchant for international jaunts.
Featured Business & Economy 13 November 2023 Local Governments are Running Out of Money City of Uijeongbu is unable to pay its workers for the remainder of the year.
Featured Society 10 November 2023 Meth in Incheon, Cocaine in Daegu: Data Surprisingly high use of drugs, in surprising locations.
Featured Foreign Policy 9 November 2023 Starter Kit: South Korea and Israel Formally, one Middle Eastern country out of many; informally, a great influencer.
