Featured Liberals 7 April 2023 Grave of Lee Jae-myung’s Parents Desecrated in an Apparent Shamanistic Attack The vandalism was discovered in late February.
Featured Key Players 6 April 2023 Kim Tae-hyo: the No-Holds-Barred Ideologue Behind Yoon Administration’s Foreign Policy The fast-rising conservative intellectual in international affairs has shown a dangerous tendency to cut corners.
Featured Blue House 5 April 2023 Presidential Secretary of Protocol Quits Just Before a Critical Stretch of Diplomacy Kim Il-beom resigned just before Yoon Suk-yeol's visits to Tokyo and Washington.
Featured Newsletter 3 April 2023 TBR Weekly Update: Week 5, March 2023 National Security Advisor Kim Seong-han resigned, apparently because of a K-pop concert. The grandson of Chun Doo-hwan visited Gwangju to ask for forgiveness.
Featured Business & Economy 3 April 2023 South Korea's Current Account Deficit Hits Record Massive deficit in export is depleting South Korea's balance.
Featured Blue House 1 April 2023 One Year in, Yoon Suk-yeol Doesn’t Show Up to Work on Time, Doesn’t Read Yoon was late 14 out of 16 days he reported to the office, and purchased zero books in his first year.
Featured Bureaucracy 31 March 2023 Sharp Increase in Suicides During Prosecutorial Investigation: Data Most of the increase came from white collar professionals accused of bribery or embezzlement.
Featured Japan 30 March 2023 Seoul’s Capitulation in the Slave Labor Deal Repeats the Failure of 2015 Seoul's capitulation to unrepentant Tokyo ignores the victims' wishes as the US prematurely celebrates the deal.
Featured Conservatives 29 March 2023 Kim Gi-hyeon Elected as the New Ruling Party Chairman Yoon Suk-yeol strengthened his grip over the People Power Party while Lee Jun-seok faction was wiped out.
Featured Newsletter 27 March 2023 TBR Weekly Update: Week 4, March 2023 The Yoon administration indicted the liberal leader Lee Jae-myung. Also: the Constitutional Court defeated the challenge against prosecution reform.
Featured Society 27 March 2023 When are You a Grown-up? South Koreans Say "28" "Emerging adulthood" becomes a social trend in South Korea.
Featured Recommendations 24 March 2023 In the Name of God: New Netflix Documentary Explores South Korea’s Cults A timely documentary considers the legacy of cults from the period of South Korea's economic growth.
Featured Liberals 23 March 2023 With the Arrest Warrant Vote, Lee Jae-myung Faces a Crossroads Unprecedented attempt to arrest the liberal leader exposed the cracks in the ranks.
Featured Society 22 March 2023 Record High Spending Private Tutoring Cost of education contributes to South Korea's low birth rate.
Featured Newsletter 20 March 2023 TBR Weekly Update: Week 3, March 2023 Yoon Suk-yeol visited Tokyo. Also: TBR’s profile of Deputy National Security Advisor Kim Tae-hyo, the driving force behind the slave laborer agreement with Japan.
Featured Bureaucracy 20 March 2023 Bullying Allegations Kneecaps the NOI Chief Nominee Strategic leak regarding the nominee's son may have given prosecutors a taste of their own medicine.
Featured Bureaucracy 17 March 2023 Tenfold Increase in Raid Warrants over 20 Years: Data The tenfold increase in raids stands in stark contrast to the number of arrest warrants, which declined by more than 80% over the same time period.
Featured Society 16 March 2023 Low Birth Rate Leads to Rural Extinction The impact of South Korea's record low birth rate is truly felt outside of its major cities.
Featured Society 15 March 2023 Court Rules Same Sex Couples May Register as De Facto Married In a major step toward legalizing gay marriage, court ruled that same sex couples may register each other as dependents in social welfare programs.
Featured Newsletter 13 March 2023 TBR Weekly Update: Week 2, March 2023 The People Power Party elected new leadership, while the prosecutorial investigation against Lee Jae-myung claimed another life. Also: an analysis of South Korea’s capitulation in the slave labor agreement with Japan.
