Featured Starter Kit 21 November 2024 Starter Kit: The Complex Legacy of Koreans in Japan The stateless Koreans in Japan are living testaments to Imperial Japan's colonialism.
Featured Starter Kit 25 May 2023 Starter Kit: The All-Important Party Slate A primer on a political party's most important function.
Featured Starter Kit 1 March 2023 How Opinion Polls are Gamed in Election Time Internal party elections that utilize opinion polls directly and indirectly skew surveys.
Featured Starter Kit 2 February 2023 South Korea and the Middle East: a Primer South Korea has long had a mercantilist approach in the Arab world, which is increasingly difficult to maintain.
Featured Starter Kit 27 October 2022 Starter Kit: South Korea’s Media Landscape Conservatives are dominant in the traditional media, while liberals find their outlet on the internet.
Featured Starter Kit 23 December 2021 How to Read Opinion Polls in South Korean Politics A primer on how to avoid dodgy polls and interpret regularly conducted surveys.
Featured Starter Kit 20 May 2021 Starter Kit: The Inner Pipework of the Blue House The vast organization within the Office of the President acts as the president's lever for his or her government.
Featured Starter Kit 6 May 2021 Introduction to South Korea's Judicial System South Korea has a legal system that is largely based on Civil Law with some US law characteristics.
Featured Starter Kit 15 April 2021 The Invisible Hands of South Korean Politics The elected officials may receive all the spotlight, but those behind the scene are often more important.
Featured Starter Kit 3 April 2021 Get to Know Busan, South Korea's Second City The discerning watcher of South Korean politics should pay close attention to South Korea’s second largest city, long the bellwether of Korean politics.
Featured Starter Kit 24 February 2021 Starter Kit: a Brief History of Primaries in South Korea The inter-party election to select the candidates who would run in the final election is a recent feature in Korean politics, and is localized in a peculiar way.
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.
Featured Starter Kit 27 November 2020 Voting in South Korea: History and Practice South Korea's long struggle for democracy led to a convenient and secure voting procedure.
Featured Starter Kit 6 September 2020 South Korea's Political Parties: the Basics Because political parties change their names frequently, it is easier to understand South Korean politics by referring to the continuous political streams rather than focusing on names.
