Featured Business & Economy 30 June 2022 Ghost of Real Estate Future: Troubled Redevelopment in Dunchon-dong Conservatives won thanks to the sizzling real estate market. What would happen if the market turned?
Featured Liberals 29 June 2022 Why Did Democrats Lose the Presidential Election? Real Estate New study confirmed the prevailing theory: former Democratic supporters withdrew because of real estate issues.
Featured Newsletter 27 June 2022 TBR Weekly Update: Week 4, June 2022 Yoon Suk-yeol administration purged the spy agency while proposing to re-install a dictatorship era bureau to control the police.
Featured Society 27 June 2022 International Students Keep Korean Literature Graduate Programs Afloat: Data Korean students are exiting the major while international students are drawn by Korea's pop culture.
Featured Media 25 June 2022 Land Ministry Can See the Future The ministry issued a press release describing an event in the future with fake quotes. The media was content to repeat them word for word.
Featured Business & Economy 24 June 2022 Labor Crunch Threatens Manufacturing Absence of migrant workers is slowing production.
Featured Elections 23 June 2022 Analysis: Local Elections Takeaways The low turnout helped the conservatives while the liberals barely salvaged face-saving wins.
Featured Society 22 June 2022 Severe Drought Scorching South Korea, Causing Wildfires and Affecting Food Production Desperate public officials have resorted to rain rituals to combat climate change.
Featured Newsletter 20 June 2022 TBR Weekly Update: Week 3, June 2022 The Yoon administration announced its economic policies. The Blue House move, one month later.
Featured Courts 20 June 2022 Liberal Politician Convicted for Criminal Defamation of Justice Minister Yu Si-min was sentenced to KRW 5m in fines for claiming Han Dong-hun surveilled his bank account.
Featured Culture 18 June 2022 New Netflix Documentary on the "Nth Room" Case The sexual exploitation case rocked South Korea in 2020.
Featured Bureaucracy 17 June 2022 Justice Ministry Establishes a New Bureau to Vet Political Appointees Opposition criticized it as a standing body of surveillance over high ranking officials.
Featured Media 16 June 2022 Yoon Suk-yeol’s Difficult Relationship with the International Media International media has a special place in South Korean politics. The new president is struggling to connect with them.
Featured Culture 15 June 2022 South Korean Film Luminaries Sweep the Cannes Director Park Chan-wook and Actor Song Kang-ho won Best Director and Best Actor.
Featured Newsletter 13 June 2022 TBR Weekly Update: Week 2, June 2022 Truckers' strike in response to the soaring fuel price threatens the economy. The looming real estate disaster in Dunchon-dong development.
Featured Business & Economy 13 June 2022 Paris Baguette Hunger Strike Ends After 53 Days Former employer Im Jong-rin demanded better labor conditions from South Korea's largest bakery chain.
Featured Conservatives 10 June 2022 "MeToo" Prosecutor Resigns in Protest from Sex Crimes Task Force Most of the task force resigned in solidarity.
Featured Blue House 9 June 2022 Yoon Suk-yeol Visits Gwangju for the Uprising Memorial The visit is commendable, but it's merely a starting point of a long road of healing.
Featured Society 8 June 2022 Teenage Women Rebel Against Gender Norms: Data But there are areas of surprising convergence between young women and young men.
Featured Newsletter 6 June 2022 TBR Weekly Update: Week 1, June 2022 Our breakdown of the Local Elections in which the conservatives won by a landslide.