Business & Economy 15 September 2020 New Initiative for Service Industry Exports Six promising service industries are selected for export promotion.
Featured Newsletter 14 September 2020 TBR Weekly Update: Week 2, September 2020 As the intra-party race for the next presidency is taking shape, the new coronavirus economic relief package is becoming a flash point for Lee Nak-yeon and Lee Jae-myung.
Buzzword 14 September 2020 Buzzword: Rice Bowl Fight An ugly, unseemly kind of struggle over money and livelihood
Featured Conservatives 10 September 2020 Can Conservatives and Evangelicals Quit Each Other? With the controversial pastor being blamed for the second wave of COVID-19 outbreak, the conservatives are running for cover.
Business & Economy 9 September 2020 Korean Consumer Electronics: Wired to Wireless More wireless devices are entering Koreans' everyday lives.
Healthcare 8 September 2020 Meme of the Week: "No Thanks to You" Medical students tell the public how they really feel about them.
Featured Newsletter 7 September 2020 TBR Weekly Update: Week 1, September 2020 South Korea’s conservatives are attempting to re-brand as People Power Party, but they find themselves out of power without the people's support.
Featured Starter Kit 6 September 2020 South Korea's Political Parties: the Basics Because political parties change their names frequently, it is easier to understand South Korean politics by referring to the continuous political streams rather than focusing on names.
Key Players 3 September 2020 Jeon Gwang-hun: the Firebrand Conservative Pastor who Went (Literally) Viral On the streets of Seoul, Pastor Jeon Gwang-hun is the de facto conservative leader.
Healthcare 2 September 2020 Doctors Strike Against More Doctors Help not wanted, even amid the pandemic.
Trivia 1 September 2020 The President's Summer Reading The books the president reads often become bestsellers, as the public seeks to gauge the mind of their leader.
Newsletter 31 August 2020 TBR Weekly Update: Week 4, August 2020 In the fourth week of August, South Korea’s healthcare hangs in the balance as a second wave of coronavirus infections threaten the country.
Newsletter 25 August 2020 TBR Weekly Update: Week 3, August 2020 In the third week of August 2020, the second wave of COVID-19 caused by conservative religious rallies is in full swing.
Business & Economy 25 August 2020 Japan's Trade War on South Korea, One Year Later Mostly a swing and a miss.
Newsletter 25 August 2020 TBR Weekly Update: Week 2, August 2020 In the second week of August 2020, conservative rallies spark a new wave of COVID-19 outbreak while South Korea is recovering from the longest monsoon season ever.
Featured Announcement 25 August 2020 Introducing TBR The Blue Roof's mission is to cover the politics of one of the most important countries in the world's most important region.
Key Players 25 August 2020 Style and Substance: Two Freshman Legislators Make a Splash Two female legislators, both first-term Assembly Members of minor parties born in the 1990s, are making waves.
Recommendations 25 August 2020 Elder Poverty and Subsistence-Labor South Korea's elder poverty is the country's least discussed problem. A new book makes it a little less so.
Business & Economy 25 August 2020 Make Sejong Great Again: Democratic Party Tries Capital Relocation One More Time The Constitutional Court of Korea 헌법재판소 held in 2006 that Korea’s capital cannot be relocated absent a constitutional amendment. 14 years later, the Democratic Party 민주당 is trying again.
Featured Business & Economy 25 August 2020 Defusing the South Korea’s Jeonse Time Bomb South Korea’s unique method of housing lease that acts as an unregulated capital market.