Featured Newsletter 24 February 2026 TBR Weekly Update: Week 3, February 2026 Yoon Suk-yeol was sentenced to life in prison for leading an insurrection, while the Democratic Party deliberated judiciary reforms.
Featured Business & Economy 24 February 2026 Coupang Brings US Pressure Against the Government Online retailer founded by a Korean American is bringing an external force.
Featured Business & Economy 23 February 2026 KOSPI Hits 5,000 One of president Lee Jae-myung’s key campaign pledges was fulfilled seven months after his election.
Featured Liberals 20 February 2026 Lee Hae-chan, 73, Former Prime Minister and Liberal Strategist One of the most important non-president politicians in modern South Korean history.
Featured Liberals 19 February 2026 Dem-RKP Merger: Local Elections Scramble Begins But the proposed merger is not necessarily a slam dunk.
Featured Breaking News 19 February 2026 Breaking News: Yoon Suk-yeol Sentenced to Life Imprisonment for Insurrection On February 19, 2026, Seoul Central District Court sentenced former president Yoon Suk-yeol 윤석열 전 대통령 guilty of leading an insurrection by declaring an illegal martial law on December 3, 2024. Former Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyeon 김용현 전 국방부 장관, former National Police Chief Jo Ji-ho 조지호 전 경찰청장, former
Featured Newsletter 17 February 2026 TBR Weekly Update: Week 2, February 2026 The Democratic Party abandoned plans to merge with the Rebuilding Korea Party, while the People Power Party continued its infighting.
Featured Business & Economy 17 February 2026 Koreans Warm Up to Nuclear Power: Data A reversal from the aftermath of the 2011 Fukushima disaster.
Featured Business & Economy 16 February 2026 Pizza Hut Litigation a Harbinger for Other Franchise Lawsuits Court case sent shock waves through South Korea's small businesses.
Featured Society 13 February 2026 The Dessert Storm: Dubai Chewy Cookie Becomes the Latest Craze The dessert craze has been an unexpected boon for South Korea’s small businesses.
Featured Bureaucracy 12 February 2026 Can Administrative Mergers Save Non-Seoul Regions? Mid-sized cities now want a merger with their surrounding provinces.
Featured Society 11 February 2026 Tourism Rebounds: Data Credit: Public domain. Tourism in South Korea has rebounded from the pandemic era. In a December 19-24 survey by Hankook Research 한국리서치, 71% of respondents said they planned to travel domestically in the first half of 2026, and 41% said they planned to travel internationally. Responses have been steadily rising
