Featured Newsletter 6 September 2021 TBR Weekly Update: Week 1, September 2021 Lee Jae-myung scores an early victory in the Democratic primaries, while Yun Seok-yeol faced the biggest challenge of his political career.
Featured Newsletter 30 August 2021 TBR Weekly Update: Week 4, August 2021 South Korea evacuated Afghans in "Operation Miracle"; TBR profile of Lee Nak-yeon, the former next president of South Korea.
Featured Newsletter 23 August 2021 TBR Weekly Update: Week 3, August 2021 South Korea celebrated its 76th Liberation Day while casting a wary eye toward Afghanistan. TBR's profile of conservative presidential candidate Hong Jun-pyo.
Featured Newsletter 16 August 2021 TBR Weekly Update: Week 2, August 2021 Thirtieth anniversary of Comfort Women activism, and TBR's profile of presidential candidate Jeong Se-gyun.
Featured Newsletter 9 August 2021 TBR Weekly Update: Week 1, August 2021 South Korean women's volleyball shines in the Tokyo Olympics. Yun Seok-yeol's very bad month, and TBR profile of conservative presidential candidate Won Hee-ryong.
Featured Newsletter 2 August 2021 TBR Weekly Update: Week 4, July 2021 Olympics mania sweeps South Korea, silencing the sexists for a time. The two Koreas re-connect the inter-Korean hotline.
Featured Newsletter 26 July 2021 TBR Weekly Update: Week 3, July 2021 TBR profiles major presidential candidates, beginning with former Justice Minister Choo Mi-ae.
Featured Newsletter 19 July 2021 TBR Weekly Update: Week 2, July 2021 Another Moon Jae-in administration bureaucrats joined the opposition. South Korea battled a sweltering heat wave and a surge in COVID-19 cases.
Featured Newsletter 12 July 2021 TBR Weekly Update: Week 1, July 2021 The Democratic Party made its first cut for the presidential primaries. Conservatives take aim at the Ministry of Gender Equality.
Featured Newsletter 5 July 2021 TBR Weekly Update: Week 5, June 2021 The proposed law prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation may have a better chance this time. Presidential race kicks off in earnest.
Featured Newsletter 28 June 2021 TBR Weekly Update: Week 4, June 2021 Former Supreme Prosecutor, the leading conservative presidential candidate, is coming under increasing scrutiny as he makes an uneven transition toward politics.
Newsletter 21 June 2021 TBR Weekly Update: Week 3, June 2021 As the pandemic's end nears, Moon Jae-in tours Europe.
Featured Newsletter 14 June 2021 TBR Weekly Update: Week 2, June 2021 Moon Jae-in attends the G7 summit. Revisiting the Cho Kuk affair that rocked South Korean politics in 2019.
Featured Newsletter 7 June 2021 TBR Weekly Update: Week 1, June 2021 Seoul hosts a major climate summit and commits to a more stringent carbon neutrality goals. A look into North Korea's new path.
Featured Newsletter 31 May 2021 TBR Weekly Update: Week 4, May 2021 Looking back on the cultural impact of Roh Moo-hyun, and the incel leader aiming to be the next conservative party leader.
Featured Newsletter 24 May 2021 TBR Weekly Update: Week 3, May 2021 Moon Jae-in and Joe Biden open a new chapter of ROK-US alliance; remembering the Gwangju Democracy Movement.
Featured Newsletter 17 May 2021 TBR Weekly Update: Week 2, May 2021 The major parties are gearing up for the presidential election, now less than 300 days away.
Featured Newsletter 10 May 2021 TBR Weekly Update: Week 1, May 2021 The slow news week could have been an opportunity to elevate the discourse, but South Korea's media chose sensationalism instead.
Featured Newsletter 3 May 2021 TBR Weekly Update: Week 4, April 2021 Lee Kun-hee donates his art collection. Our overview of the people who run the Blue House.
Featured Newsletter 26 April 2021 TBR Weekly Update: Week 3, April 2021 Youn Yuh-jung becomes the first Korean actor to win an Oscar. The rise of misogyny as a political ideology.
