Featured Society 7 January 2021 Rich Gyeonggi-do, Poor Gyeongsang-do: Inequality by Region The area that envelops Seoul is likely to lead the political opinion, while the southeast is falling behind.
Featured Society 31 December 2020 2020 in Pop Culture: What was Mainstream is Now Niche The old mainstream, rather than fading away, is finding a new lease on life as a vibrant subculture.
Op-Ed 29 December 2020 Make Seoul Great Again? Shifting Rationale for Capital Relocation The previous reasons for relocating the administrative capital are becoming less persuasive.
Featured National Assembly 28 December 2020 "The Foundation of Our Society is Changing": Dems Flex Their Legislative Supermajority We summarize the top 20 most important laws out of the 130+ passed in the 2020 legislative session.
Featured China 23 December 2020 Kimchi is Chinese? The Sino-Korean Struggle for Ontological Security The latest online tiff over the historical origins of food signals something more serious.
Featured Business & Economy 22 December 2020 Motorized Scooters to be Regulated, Belatedly Traffic accidents involving motorized scooters have increased 40-fold since 2017.
Featured Blue House 21 December 2020 It’s the Real Estate, Stupid: the Moon Jae-in Administration at the Crossroads TBR said in August: “The real estate issue . . . may well define the course of the Moon administration’s remaining two years.” Four months later, here we are.
Featured Society 18 December 2020 Poll: Catholics and Buddhists Popular in South Korea Protestants and Muslims, not as much.
Featured Society 14 December 2020 Alternative Military Service Begins for Conscientious Objectors Until 2018, South Korea imprisoned those who refused to serve the military duty.
Featured Society 12 December 2020 Freedom to Get Pregnant: Fujita Sayuri’s Single Motherhood The celebrity's decision to having a child without getting married is making waves.
Featured Op-Ed 7 December 2020 COVID Fatigue: Seoul Subway Data Shows Koreans are Tired of Social Distancing Pandemic fatigue is real and quantifiable.
Featured Starter Kit 5 December 2020 "We are not Machines": South Korea's Labor Movement and Progressive Politics The death of labor activist Jeon Tae-il gave birth to modern South Korea's labor movement.
United States 2 December 2020 Poll: US Still Leading in Popularity Among Neighboring Countries Despite the recent decline, South Koreans favor the United States than any of its neighbors.
Featured Media 18 November 2020 Poll: Which Media Outlets do Koreans Trust? South Korea has among the lowest trust in media in the world.
Featured Liberals 9 November 2020 Poll: South Korea's Gen X Leads the Liberal Turn Voters in their 40s are making an impact with their numbers as well.
Featured North Korea 4 November 2020 Poll: South Koreans Drift Further Away from Unification Majority of South Koreans do not want to form a single country with North Korea anymore.
Featured Society 30 October 2020 Korea's Public Trust Rises Amid the Pandemic South Korea is a low trust society, but the government's strong response to COVID-19 is changing that.
Featured Society 29 October 2020 Will the Criminalization of Abortion End in South Korea? The Constitutional Court held the abortion prohibition unconstitutional, but it is up to the government how much abortion will be allowed.
Key Players 28 October 2020 Obituary: Lee Lee Hyo-jae, Pioneer of Feminism Lee Lee is best known for South Korea's first women's studies and the movement to use two surnames.
Buzzword 26 October 2020 Buzzword: Bittoo Young Koreans are taking out loans to jump into the stock market.
