Featured Newsletter 31 July 2023 TBR Weekly Update: Week 4, July 2023 The Constitutional Court dismissed the impeachment of the Interior Minister over the Itaewon Disaster. Also: a reflection on the 70th anniversary of the Armistice Agreement.
Featured Business & Economy 31 July 2023 Small Businesses Pushed to the Brink: Data Business owners want to close shop soon while cashing out retirement savings early.
Featured Business & Economy 28 July 2023 Credit Co-op’s Failure Raises Bank Run Fears Saemaeul Co-op's unusual regulatory structure made it vulnerable to bad loans.
Featured Blue House 27 July 2023 The “MB Men” Strike Back Lee Myung-bak's old hands are joining the Yoon Suk-yeol administration, with troubling implications for democracy.
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.
