Featured History 10 October 2024 The Liberation Day Schism South Korean right-wing's historical revisionism went from hints to explicit initiatives.
Featured Society 9 October 2024 Pilot Program for Filipina Domestic Workers Raises Labor Abuse Concerns Imported "caregivers" are exposed to wage theft and abuse.
Featured Newsletter 8 October 2024 TBR Weekly Update: Week 1, October 2024 The Office of the President sprung a navy’s worth of leaks.
Featured Business & Economy 8 October 2024 Workers Gave Up Summer Vacation Because of Cost: Data Credit: Public domain. Summer is typically a time for rest and relaxation, but South Korea’s sluggish economy has caused many to put their plans on hold. According to a survey of workers conducted by Global Research from May 31 to June 10 and released on August 4, only 48.
Featured Newsletter 30 September 2024 TBR Weekly Update: Week 4, September 2024 First Lady Kim Geon-hee found herself in yet another kind of trouble.
Featured Newsletter 17 September 2024 TBR Weekly Update: Week 2, September 2024 Yoon Suk-yeol faces a downcast Chuseok holiday.
Featured Business & Economy 13 September 2024 Koreans Intrigued by AI: Data Public interest in AI has jumped significantly.
Featured Bureaucracy 12 September 2024 Prosecutors Face Down the End of the Road Prosecutors created the Yoon Suk-yeol administration. Will they fall with it?
Featured Business & Economy 10 September 2024 Massive EV Battery Fire Raises Safety Concerns Can EV be safely stored in South Korea's dense parking lots?
Featured Newsletter 9 September 2024 TBR Weekly Update: Week 1, September 2024 Yoon Suk-yeol spurned the National Assembly, while his foreign policy advisor patronized Kamala Harris.
Featured Culture 9 September 2024 Olympics: South Korea Outperforms Expectations Unexpectedly strong result came with allegations of mistreating athletes.
Featured Society 6 September 2024 Love Not Enough to Overcome Political Differences Majority said they would not date or marry anyone whose politics are different from theirs.
Featured Blue House 5 September 2024 All Roads Lead to Kim Geon-hee Virtually every scandal of the Yoon administration is traceable o the First Lady, who is alienating conservatives.
Featured Business & Economy 4 September 2024 E-Commerce Giants Tmon and WeMakePrice Falter Coupang's success left no room for the stragglers.
Featured Newsletter 2 September 2024 TBR Weekly Update: Week 4, August 2024 The Yoon Suk-yeol administration took aim against Moon Jae-in.
Featured History 2 September 2024 Obituary: Kim Min-gi, 73, Champion of Indie Music Kim's music became the anthem of South Korea's democracy movement.
Featured Society 30 August 2024 First Government Survey of Borderline Intelligence A little fewer than 7m South Koreans have borderline intelligence.
Featured United States 29 August 2024 Seoul's Wary Eye to the US Presidential Election If case of a Trump victory, a nuclear South Korea might be next.
Featured Business & Economy 28 August 2024 Hyosung Heir Announces Truce with His Brothers Three heirs of the chaebol group have been locked in a bitter dispute
Featured Newsletter 27 August 2024 TBR Weekly Update: Week 3, August 2024 Prosecutors declined to charge the First Lady for accepting a bribe on camera. Also: Lee Jae-myung’s second term as opposition leader.