Featured Business & Economy 14 August 2023 Minimum Wage Rises by 2.5% for 2024 The meager increase is lower than the rate of inflation.
Featured Society 12 August 2023 Elementary School Teacher’s Suicide Raises Questions About Bullying by Rich Parents Teachers' union blamed helicopter parents; Yoon Suk-yeol blamed North Korea.
Featured Blue House 11 August 2023 South Koreans Want the First Lady Out of Sight: Data Kim Geon-hee has been a major reason for her husband's historically low popularity.
Featured Conservatives 10 August 2023 Flood Deaths: Why Some Politicians are More Dangerous than Others Routine management issues handled competently under liberal governments become deadly disasters under conservative administrations.
Featured Blue House 9 August 2023 Spiritual Advisor Inspected Potential Presidential Residence Site: Police Conservative spokesman defended the bearded mystic as "the leading authority in future prediction studies.'
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.