Featured Elections 9 September 2021 Hong Jun-pyo: Man with the Mouth Survives and Advances The 2017 conservative presidential candidate fights his own party as much as he fights the liberals.
Featured Business & Economy 7 September 2021 Upbit Becomes the First to File for Crypto Exchange Registration as the Statutory Deadline Looms South Korea's new AML/KYC rules on digital currency will shutter unauthorized crypto exchanges.
Featured Newsletter 6 September 2021 TBR Weekly Update: Week 1, September 2021 Lee Jae-myung scores an early victory in the Democratic primaries, while Yun Seok-yeol faced the biggest challenge of his political career.
Featured Foreign Policy 6 September 2021 Seoul Observes Kabul to Contemplate Its Own Destiny South Koreans contemplate a world in which the United States maybe retrenching.
Featured Japan 4 September 2021 South Korean Spy Agency Collaborated with Japanese Far-Right During Park Administration The National Intelligence Service coordinated with Japan's far-right to harass Comfort Women activists.
Featured History 3 September 2021 30th Anniversary of the Testimony that Sparked Comfort Women Activism Kim Hak-sun was the first former military sex slave to come forward with her story, launching a highly successful public diplomacy campaign.
Featured Media 2 September 2021 Media Objects to Fake News Prevention Law While the Public Turns Away Having lost faith in the media, the South Korean public strongly backs the proposed bill.
Featured Media 1 September 2021 How Samsung Rolled the Media to Get Its Scion Released from Prison The media built up the public pressure to push the government to parole Lee Jae-yong.
Featured Newsletter 30 August 2021 TBR Weekly Update: Week 4, August 2021 South Korea evacuated Afghans in "Operation Miracle"; TBR profile of Lee Nak-yeon, the former next president of South Korea.
Featured Elections 30 August 2021 Jeong Se-gyun Aims for the Only Office He's Never Held Third in the TBR series of presidential candidates: former Prime Minister Jeong Se-gyun.
Featured Business & Economy 27 August 2021 Bar Association Moves to Sanction Attorneys Who Joined the Online Legal Platform Lawtalk, the platform that will be most affected, is preparing a court challenge.
Featured Conservatives 26 August 2021 Yun Seok-yeol's Very Bad Month The former Supreme Prosecutor's transition to politics has been worse than the already low expectations.
Featured Elections 25 August 2021 Jeju’s Native Son Won Hee-ryong Wants to be the Conservative Alternative Second installment in TBR's series of presidential candidate profiles.
Featured Newsletter 23 August 2021 TBR Weekly Update: Week 3, August 2021 South Korea celebrated its 76th Liberation Day while casting a wary eye toward Afghanistan. TBR's profile of conservative presidential candidate Hong Jun-pyo.
Featured Society 23 August 2021 Kim Yeon-gyeong Leads the Women's Volleyball Team to Glory Despite failing to medal, the volleyball team's against-all-odds fourth place finish became one of the biggest stories of the Olympics.
Featured Society 21 August 2021 First Disabled Climber to Summit the 14 Highest Peaks Presumed Dead Kim Hong-bin's achievement took a grim turn as he went missing on his way down.
Featured North Korea 20 August 2021 With North Korea, Most Prefer Peaceful Coexistence over Unification: Survey Most South Koreans also don't think about North Korea at all.
Featured Key Players 19 August 2021 In the Male-Dominated World of South Korean Politics, Choo Mi-ae Marches On TBR profile of major presidential candidates begins with the heavyweight woman politico.
Featured North Korea 18 August 2021 Unnamed Sources in North Korea News: Data Chosun Ilbo is the most frequent purveyor of anonymous, unverifiable source of North Korean news.
Featured Newsletter 16 August 2021 TBR Weekly Update: Week 2, August 2021 Thirtieth anniversary of Comfort Women activism, and TBR's profile of presidential candidate Jeong Se-gyun.