Featured Blue House 20 January 2023 Yoon Pardons Lee Myung-bak and Former Park Geun-hye Administration Officials Mass pardon cancelled out virtually all punishment for corruption and abuse of authority in the two conservative administrations.
Featured National Security 19 January 2023 North Korean Drones: Yoon Responds with Ignorance and Bluster Unable to do anything against North Korean drones, Yoon Suk-yeol called for nuclear armament and "expansion of war."
Featured Blue House 18 January 2023 Yoon Administration Proposes 69-hour Work Week The new proposal would allow up to 80.5 hours of work per week.
Featured Newsletter 16 January 2023 TBR Weekly Update: Week 2, January 2023 Yoon Suk-yeol called for South Korea’s nuclear armament. Also: the internal strife within the People Power Party for the party chair election.
Featured Society 16 January 2023 “Korean Age”: Meaningless Change in Law Delights International Media No, Koreans did not get a year younger.
Featured Business & Economy 13 January 2023 Dunchon-dong Redevelopment Project Subscription Augurs Trouble Anemic demand for new luxury condos signals rough roads ahead for Seoul's real estate market.
Featured Blue House 12 January 2023 Yoon Administration Appeals to Xenophobia, Attacks Immigrants Despite the need for immigrants to combat demographic decline, conservatives stoke racist bigotry for political gain.
Featured Key Players 11 January 2023 Roh Ok-hee, 64, Ulsan Superintendent Who Fought for Disadvantaged Students Roh was a labor activist who advocated for Afghan students resettled in Ulsan.
Featured Newsletter 9 January 2023 TBR Weekly Update: Week 1, January 2023 North Korean drones fly into Seoul's no-fly zone. TBR's first newsletter of 2023 is super-sized to catch up on the last two weeks of South Korean politics news.
Featured Conservatives 9 January 2023 Conservatives Seek to Limit Voting Rights for Foreign Nationals Measure is aimed at ethnic Koreans who are Chinese nationals.
Featured Business & Economy 6 January 2023 Credit Crunch Crushes Startups South Korea’s start-up companies are the latest victims of fallout from the Legoland Bond Crisis.
Featured Business & Economy 5 January 2023 In the Truckers’ Strike, the Yoon Suk-yeol Administration Sees Opportunity Crackdown on labor unions is buoying the unpopular administration.
Featured Society 4 January 2023 Rural Extinction in Numbers: Data When a town falls below 2,000 residents, it can no longer support basic necessities like a restaurant, laundromat or barbershop.
Featured Media 3 January 2023 MBC Cleans up in Ratings Since Yoon Suk-yeol's inauguration, the liberal-leaning TV station soared in viewership.
Featured Blue House 2 January 2023 First Lady Clearly Involved Stock Manipulation Scheme, Still Faces No Investigation Deutsche Motors stock manipulation trial continues to produce evidence against Kim Geon-hee.
Featured Announcement 30 December 2022 TBR's Most Read Stories of 2022, and a Special Thank You The Blue Roof's had a successful second year.
Featured Blue House 29 December 2022 2022 Year in Review: An Error-Ridden Beginning for Yoon Suk-yeol, with More to Come Failing both domestically and internationally, Yoon Suk-yeol focused solely on attacking his adversaries with selective application of the law. Expect more of the same in 2023.
Featured Society 28 December 2022 ‘Erring Without Correction': 2022 Idiom of the Year Runner-up: "What is covered up only shines brighter."
Featured Culture 27 December 2022 Move Over BTS: Im Yeong-ung and IU Take Top Spots of 2022's Best Poll shows younger generation favoring K-pop's most streamed artists, while the older generation gravitated toward trot superstar.
Featured Conservatives 26 December 2022 Yoon Administration Takes Jeju Massacre Out of History Textbooks Ministry of Education justified the move as "exploring the foundation of the Republic of Korea based on liberal democracy."
