Featured Newsletter 16 December 2025 TBR Weekly Update: Week 2, December 2025 TBR looks ahead to a new era in 2026.
Featured Business & Economy 15 December 2025 Seoul Real Estate Reaches New Heights High-rises never cease to be popular.
Featured Blue House 12 December 2025 Reckoning with the Truth of the Itaewon Disaster Photo: Prime Minister Kim Min-seok (far left) attends the memorial for the Itaewon disaster with leaders of major political parties. Credit: Yonhap News. Three years since the crowd crushing event in Itaewon 이태원 that killed 159, the South Korean government is reckoning with the true cause of the disaster. On
Featured Newsletter 9 December 2025 TBR Weekly Update: Week 1, December 2025 The Seoul real estate market continued to plague the Democratic Party.
Featured Courts 9 December 2025 Skepticism Over Court Packing: Data Photo: Hall of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Korea. Credit: Supreme Court. By rushing to overturn Lee Jae-myung 이재명’s not-guilty verdict just days before the presidential election, the Supreme Court 대법원 blatantly inserted itself into electoral politics. (See previous coverage, “Total War of Institutions.”) But the National
Featured Business & Economy 8 December 2025 Jeonse Begins to Fade Credit: Public demand. Jeonse 전세, the unique South Korean rental system in which the renter makes a massive deposit of up to 70% of the home value, is starting to give way to the more conventional monthly rentals 월세. In September, 65% of all new rental agreements were monthly rentals,
Featured Newsletter 2 December 2025 TBR Weekly Update: Week 4, November 2025 One year has passed since Yoon Suk-yeol’s insurrection attempt.
Featured Culture 25 November 2025 Giants Fans Despair as Twins and Eagles Battle in the Korean Series Busan team's playoff funds are untouched for nearly a decade.
Featured North Korea 24 November 2025 Majority No Longer Wants Reunification: Data For the first time, the naysayers are the majority.
Featured Business & Economy 21 November 2025 South Korea Attracts Global AI Investments Global AI companies rush to open Seoul offices as KRW 20t new investment is incoming.
Featured United States 20 November 2025 ROK-US Alliance: Is This the Beginning of the End? Seoul is preparing for the future without the alliance with the United States.
Featured Newsletter 18 November 2025 TBR Weekly Update: Week 2, November 2025 The investigation into Yoon Suk-yeol’s insurrection continued, with the People Power Party’s existence at stake.
Featured Business & Economy 18 November 2025 Palantir Takes Seoul Fashion Scene by Storm The AI company leans in on investor fandom.
Featured Elections 17 November 2025 Early Look at Seoul Mayor Race: Polls Incumbent O Se-hun leads within the margin of error.
Featured Business & Economy 14 November 2025 Stringent New Restrictions on Real Estate Transactions The restriction covers the entire Seoul and surrounding regions.
Featured Foreign Policy 13 November 2025 Tempers Flare over Cambodian Criminal Rings What began as a triumphant foreign policy achievement quickly became more complicated.
Featured Newsletter 11 November 2025 TBR Weekly Update: Week 1, November 2025 Lee Jae-myung continued to push for the transfer of wartime OPCON, while Seoul redevelopment plans heated up.
Featured Society 11 November 2025 Seoul Leads in Average Wages: Data High wages were skewed toward the capital region.
Featured Society 10 November 2025 Tattoos Legalized After 33 Years Once associated with organized crime, tattoos quickly became a mainstream phenomenon.
Featured Business & Economy 7 November 2025 Samsung Electronics Leads a Record-Breaking KOSPI Run Longstanding market leader is recovering its position lost to SK Hynix.
