Featured Society 24 November 2022 Itaewon Disaster: a Very International Affair South Korea's elevated stature, and the special meaning of the location, made the Itaewon disaster particularly international.
Featured Society 23 November 2022 Itaewon Disaster: Government Failure at Every Level Police, the District Office and the central government all failed to handle basic duties.
Featured Newsletter 21 November 2022 TBR Weekly Update: Week 3, November 2022 President Yoon Suk-yeol continued to battle the press while North Korea fired a new ICBM. Also: TBR’s look at South Korea’s “War on Drugs.”
Featured Business & Economy 21 November 2022 Legoland Bond Crisis Spreads Internationally as Heungkuk Life Rocked Asian Bond Market Heungkuk's Life's non-call of its 30 year bond shook the confidence in Asian bonds generally.
Featured Blue House 19 November 2022 The President's Drinking Buddies Yoon Suk-yeol's infamous drinking habits lead to cancelled meetings and opaque lobbying.
Featured Blue House 18 November 2022 Early Look at the 2027 Presidential Election O Se-hun, Kim Dong-yeon Lead in Favorability Plus-Minus.
Featured Foreign Policy 17 November 2022 Liberal and Conservative Grand Strategies Partisan disagreement as to the joint naval exercise with Japan stems from the different visions of the two parties for South Korea's role in Asia.
Featured Business & Economy 16 November 2022 Legoland Bond Crisis Continues to Choke off South Korea's Capital Market Yoon Suk-yeol administration demanded the Bank of Korea to print more money. The central bank declined.
Featured Newsletter 14 November 2022 TBR Weekly Update: Week 2, November 2022 President Yoon Suk-yeol toured Southeast Asia while sidelining the critical press.
Featured Bureaucracy 14 November 2022 Spy Agency Contradicts Yoon Administration's Claim, Says Slain South Korean Civilian was Attempting to Defect into North Korea Claim by the National Intelligence Service directly undermines the Yoon administration's allegations against its predecessor.
Featured Society 12 November 2022 Hijab-less Iranian Climber Whisked from Seoul Elnaz Rekabi was rushed back to Tehran after she competed without a head cover.
Featured Business & Economy 11 November 2022 Lack of Safety Measures at SPC Pastry Factory Kills Worker While the Government Attempts to Roll Back Regulation Industrial accident sparked a mass boycott, but the Yoon administration proposed relaxing the Serious Disasters Act.
Featured Blue House 10 November 2022 Yoon Suk-yeol’s Full Frontal Assault Against the Democratic Party Yoon turns to targeted raids and prosecutions against liberals as he runs out of cards to play.
Featured Business & Economy 9 November 2022 Legoland Default Levels South Korea's Bond Market Lotte E&C takes an emergency loan of KRW 700b while Seoul's largest redevelopment is at the brink of failure.
Featured Newsletter 7 November 2022 TBR Weekly Update: Week 1, November 2022 North Korea fired a barrage of missiles and scrambled 180 fighter jets, raising military tensions to new heights. Also: a look at the international dimensions of the Itaewon disaster.
Featured Liberals 7 November 2022 Prosecutors Raid Democratic Party HQ, Arrest Liberal Officials This is the first time since the Park Chung-hee dictatorship that the main opposition party's offices were raided.
Featured Society 5 November 2022 When Do You Get Old? Not at 65: Survey 70 is the new 65, according to a poll.
Featured Business & Economy 4 November 2022 The Politics of the Legoland Bond Crisis Newly elected far-right governor of Gangwon-do Province set off an entirely unnecessary credit crisis.
Featured Business & Economy 3 November 2022 Kakao Talk Outage Leaves South Korea Stranded Data center fire shut down the super-app for days, inviting criticism for poor planning.
Featured Society 2 November 2022 Searching for an Answer in the Itaewon Halloween Disaster Any investigation must answer this simple question: what was different about this event, this year, when Itaewon Halloween festivities have gone on for years?
