Featured Society 20 February 2023 South Korean Democracy Backslides in EIU Survey Transition from Moon Jae-in to Yoon Suk-yeol led to a retreat of democracy in South Korea.
Featured Society 16 February 2023 “Heating Bill Bomb” Detonates into Politics Doubled gas bills arriving shortly before the Lunar New Year are pressuring the Yoon Suk-yeol administration.
Featured Society 14 February 2023 Subway Ridership Does Not Affect Support for Disability Activists' Subway Protest: Data Political orientation, not subway ridership, determined the support for protests that slow down the trains.
Featured Society 10 February 2023 Nearly 130k Young Shut-Ins in Seoul: Data Difficulty finding a job or loss of job was the leading cause of social isolation.
Featured Business & Economy 9 February 2023 Coffee in South Korea: Starbucks, Ediya Reign While Mega Challenges South Korea's coffee scene has seen a dramatic improvement in recent years.
Featured National Assembly 8 February 2023 Legislative Investigation of the Itaewon Disaster Recommends Charges for Perjury for Yoon Administration Officials The ruling People Power Party boycotted the legislative report.
Featured Society 28 January 2023 Obituary: Cho Se-hui, 80, Novelist of The Dwarf The Dwarf, which described and denounced the urban poverty in South Korea's growth era, is among the most influential novels of the late 20th century.
Featured Society 25 January 2023 Numerous Journalists Received Bribes from Daejang-dong Ringleader The bribed journalists took a critical stance against Lee Jae-myung and the Democratic Party.
Featured Society 16 January 2023 “Korean Age”: Meaningless Change in Law Delights International Media No, Koreans did not get a year younger.
Featured Blue House 12 January 2023 Yoon Administration Appeals to Xenophobia, Attacks Immigrants Despite the need for immigrants to combat demographic decline, conservatives stoke racist bigotry for political gain.
Featured Key Players 11 January 2023 Roh Ok-hee, 64, Ulsan Superintendent Who Fought for Disadvantaged Students Roh was a labor activist who advocated for Afghan students resettled in Ulsan.
Featured Conservatives 9 January 2023 Conservatives Seek to Limit Voting Rights for Foreign Nationals Measure is aimed at ethnic Koreans who are Chinese nationals.
Featured Society 4 January 2023 Rural Extinction in Numbers: Data When a town falls below 2,000 residents, it can no longer support basic necessities like a restaurant, laundromat or barbershop.
Featured Society 28 December 2022 ‘Erring Without Correction': 2022 Idiom of the Year Runner-up: "What is covered up only shines brighter."
Featured Culture 27 December 2022 Move Over BTS: Im Yeong-ung and IU Take Top Spots of 2022's Best Poll shows younger generation favoring K-pop's most streamed artists, while the older generation gravitated toward trot superstar.
Featured Society 23 December 2022 2022 Qatar World Cup: South Korea Delivers Instant Classic Defeating Portugal 2-1, the Taegeuk Warriors reached the Round of 16 for just the third time in eleven tries.
Featured Society 15 December 2022 South Korea's War on Drugs A "drug-free nation" begins its own problematic program.
Featured Society 12 December 2022 Overwhelmingly Negative Response to the Handling of Itaewon Disaster: Poll A plurality called for Yoon Suk-yeol's entire cabinet to resign.
Featured Society 8 December 2022 Itaewon Disaster Drip-Feeds into Politics Victims' families are beginning to gather, and the National Assembly launched its investigative committee.
