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.
Featured Society 24 November 2022 Itaewon Disaster: a Very International Affair South Korea's elevated stature, and the special meaning of the location, made the Itaewon disaster particularly international.
Featured Society 23 November 2022 Itaewon Disaster: Government Failure at Every Level Police, the District Office and the central government all failed to handle basic duties.
Featured Society 12 November 2022 Hijab-less Iranian Climber Whisked from Seoul Elnaz Rekabi was rushed back to Tehran after she competed without a head cover.
Featured Business & Economy 11 November 2022 Lack of Safety Measures at SPC Pastry Factory Kills Worker While the Government Attempts to Roll Back Regulation Industrial accident sparked a mass boycott, but the Yoon administration proposed relaxing the Serious Disasters Act.
Featured Society 5 November 2022 When Do You Get Old? Not at 65: Survey 70 is the new 65, according to a poll.
Featured Business & Economy 3 November 2022 Kakao Talk Outage Leaves South Korea Stranded Data center fire shut down the super-app for days, inviting criticism for poor planning.
Featured Society 2 November 2022 Searching for an Answer in the Itaewon Halloween Disaster Any investigation must answer this simple question: what was different about this event, this year, when Itaewon Halloween festivities have gone on for years?
Featured Blue House 31 October 2022 Yoon Suk-yeol Administration Attacks High School Cartoon Drawing Competition Censorship by threats is a time-honored tradition for conservatives.
Featured Breaking News 29 October 2022 Breaking News: Stampede at Itaewon Halloween Party Causes At Least 120 Deaths The disaster is the largest crushing death incident in South Korean history.
Featured Society 28 October 2022 Use of Chinese Characters is Fading, but Most Still Favor Teaching Them: Data More than 650 years since Hangeul was invented, the debate continues.
Featured Society 15 October 2022 The Old School Dreams of Young Men Outside of Seoul Young men in industrial cities dream of forming a traditional family. Critics have called it sexism.
Featured Society 13 October 2022 The New Landscape of South Korean Politics A statistical breakdown shows six major groups of voters in South Korean politics that go beyond the traditional left-right divide.
Featured Culture 8 October 2022 The Strange Affair of BTS in Busan BTS's first concert since its hiatus is facing accusations of corrupt quid pro quo.
Featured Society 30 September 2022 One out of Seven Women Suffer from Violence: Inaugural Government Report Ministry of Gender Equality issued its first official report on violence against women.
Featured Business & Economy 28 September 2022 Frieze Seoul Marks South Korea as a New Hub of Modern Art Asia's first Frieze fair sold more than USD 450m worth of artwork.
Featured Society 23 September 2022 Inflation Hurting the Chuseok Table: Data More than half said they are simplifying the Chuseok spread because of rising food costs.