Featured Key Players 14 September 2023 Lee Dong-gwan, Media Enforcer Chief regulator of television news is supposed to be neutral. But not Lee Dong-gwan.
Featured Courts 29 June 2023 Yoon Suk-yeol’s Unconstitutional Court-Packing The president's threat to withhold Supreme Court justice appointment is a direct challenge to the constitutional separation of powers.
Featured Business & Economy 3 May 2023 Qualcomm Hit with Record Fine for Anticompetitive Behavior Smartphone chipmaker was hit with KRW 1.03t in fines.
Featured Conservatives 28 April 2023 Justice Minister Has No Hair Rising conservative star Han Dong-hun lately became an object of mockery.
Featured Blue House 20 April 2023 National Security Advisor’s Resignation is a Sign of Turmoil for Yoon Administration’s Diplomacy Expect more unpredictable amateurism as veteran diplomats exit the presidential office.
Featured Conservatives 15 April 2023 Former Prosecutor in Roh Moo-hyun Investigation Brags About His Intimidation Tactics Lee In-gyu's proud description of issuing threats and intimidation is even more problematic than his characterization of Roh's investigation.
Featured Courts 13 April 2023 Constitutional Court Upholds Prosecution Reform in a Defeat for the Yoon Administration Reckless challenge by Yoon's Justice Ministry made its legal argument even weaker.
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 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 Liberals 9 March 2023 Prosecutors' Absurd Charges Against Lee Jae-myung The argument that political gains amount to bribery makes a mockery of representative democracy.
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 Bureaucracy 24 October 2022 Interior Ministry Formally Proposes Abolition of the Gender Equality Ministry Abolition of the Gender Equality Ministry was a major campaign promise of Yoon Suk-yeol, who rode the tide of aggressive misogyny.
Featured COVID-19 15 September 2022 Sleepwalking into a COVID Public Health Disaster The Yoon administration still has no Health Minister, and the existing personnel are not up to the task.
Featured Blue House 11 August 2022 Yoon Administration's 'Personnel Disaster' Trouble with appointments is a microcosm of Yoon Suk-yeol's political weakness.
Featured Bureaucracy 8 August 2022 Police Colonels Protest the Revival of Dictatorship Era Police Bureau More of the half of the frontline chiefs expressed opposition to the Interior Ministry's Bureau of Police.
Featured Bureaucracy 20 July 2022 Justice Ministry Replaces Hundreds of High-Ranking Prosecutors Without a Supreme Prosecutor The Yoon administration skipped the mandatory consultation with the Supreme Prosecutor by not appointing one.
Featured Bureaucracy 11 July 2022 Yoon Suk-yeol Purges Spy Agency and Re-introduces Dictatorship Era Police Bureau The move is in the latest step in the administration to firm its hold over the policing and surveillance organs.
Featured Bureaucracy 4 July 2022 Yoon Appoints Top Tax Official Without Legislative Hearing This is the first time in South Korean history in which a head of a "Four Institutes of Power" was appointed with a legislative hearing.
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.
