Featured Conservatives 26 July 2023 Conservative Legislators Drink out of a Fish Tank Don't try this at home.
Featured Newsletter 25 July 2023 TBR Weekly Update: Week 3, July 2023 President Yoon Suk-yeol’s mother-in-law was sentenced to one year in prison. Also: flooding deaths show why some politicians are more dangerous than others.
Featured Society 24 July 2023 For Women, Housework for Others Until 84: Data Men become net recipient of housework by age 47.
Featured Business & Economy 21 July 2023 Yoon Suk-yeol Administration Demands Lower Food Prices No atheist in a foxhole, and no libertarian in advance of an election.
Featured Society 20 July 2023 The Last Mile Problem: the State of South Korea’s LGBTQ+ Movement The parades survived the conservative onslaught, but legislative leverage remains a pipe dream.
Featured Society 19 July 2023 Most South Koreans Oppose Same Sex Marriage: Data Only about 25% is in favor of gay marriage.
Featured Newsletter 17 July 2023 TBR Weekly Update: Week 2, July 2023 President Yoon Suk-yeol visited Ukraine, while back in South Korea 54 died or went missing in nationwide flash floods. Also: the media circus of North Korean defectors.
Featured Society 17 July 2023 “Killer Questions” in the College Admission Exam A new buzzword with an unclear definition.
Featured Society 15 July 2023 Women’s National Team Gears up for FIFA World Cup 2023 Women's football legend Ji So-yeon leads the Lady Taegeuk Warriors.
Featured Business & Economy 14 July 2023 US Hedge Fund Prevails Against South Korean Government in Investor-State Dispute Elliott Associates won in a claim involving Park Geun-hye administration's intervention for Samsung's third generation succession.
Featured Elections 13 July 2023 2024 Assembly Election Viewer's Guide The state of play with nine months to go.
Featured Business & Economy 12 July 2023 Yoon Suk-yeol’s Loose Lips Shake the CSAT Tutoring Industry Presidential intervention on college entrance exam leaves students and parents confused.
Featured Newsletter 10 July 2023 TBR Weekly Update: Week 1, July 2023 First Lady Kim Geon-hee was mired in a real estate scandal involving a new planned highway. Also: the return of the Lee Myung-bak era.
Featured Media 10 July 2023 Chosun Ilbo: the Least Trusted Name in News South Korea's largest newspaper leads the way in the Korean public's distrust of the news.
Featured Culture 7 July 2023 Poets, Authors Dragged out of Seoul International Book Fair Presidential security removed protesting writers.
Featured Japan 6 July 2023 Fukushima Radioactive Wastewater Adds Another Millstone Around Yoon’s Neck Planned release of wastewater is driving South Koreans to hoard sea salt.
Featured Business & Economy 5 July 2023 Capital Control Regulations Relaxed South Korea sheds the developmental era restrictions on foreign currency exchange.
Featured Newsletter 3 July 2023 TBR Weekly Update: Week 4, June 2023 President Yoon Suk-yeol called liberals “anti-state forces” while appointing a new Unification Minister. Also: the state of South Korea’s LGBTQ+ movement.
Featured Conservatives 3 July 2023 Yoon Suk-yeol Administration Boycotts the June Struggle Memorial Yoon became the first South Korean president to refuse to honor the country's transition to democracy.
Featured Society 30 June 2023 South Korea’s First Transgender Athlete in an Official Competition Na Hwa-rin, a cyclist, won her event in the Gangwon-do Provincial Games.