Featured Business & Economy 22 December 2020 Motorized Scooters to be Regulated, Belatedly Traffic accidents involving motorized scooters have increased 40-fold since 2017.
Featured Newsletter 21 December 2020 TBR Weekly Update: Week 3, December 2020 TBR's last newsletter of 2020 looks back on the year and previews South Korean politics in 2021.
Featured Blue House 21 December 2020 It’s the Real Estate, Stupid: the Moon Jae-in Administration at the Crossroads TBR said in August: “The real estate issue . . . may well define the course of the Moon administration’s remaining two years.” Four months later, here we are.
Featured Society 18 December 2020 Poll: Catholics and Buddhists Popular in South Korea Protestants and Muslims, not as much.
Featured United States 17 December 2020 The Two Koreas Prepare for the Biden Administration South Korea is reaching out the United States, while North Korea is biding its time.
Featured Business & Economy 16 December 2020 World's First eSports TV Station to Shut Down The rise of internet-based video platforms such as Twitch, as well as eSports content created by videogame companies themselves, crowded out OGN’s broadcasts over cable TV.
Featured Newsletter 14 December 2020 TBR Weekly Update: Week 2, December 2020 The Democratic Party passed a huge slate of laws on the last day of the National Assembly regular session, while South Korea’s vaunted COVID-19 response is showing signs of wear.
Featured Society 14 December 2020 Alternative Military Service Begins for Conscientious Objectors Until 2018, South Korea imprisoned those who refused to serve the military duty.
Featured Society 12 December 2020 Freedom to Get Pregnant: Fujita Sayuri’s Single Motherhood The celebrity's decision to having a child without getting married is making waves.
Featured Key Players 11 December 2020 Obituary: George E. Ogle, Pastor who Joined South Korea's Fight for Democracy The Methodist missionary raised international awareness on Park Chung-hee dictatorship's judicial murder.
Recommendations 9 December 2020 Three Cheers for the Foreign Press The foreign correspondents in South Korea are dropping the orientalist routine.
Featured Newsletter 7 December 2020 TBR Weekly Update: Week 1, December 2020 The bruising battle with Seoul's real estate market is the Moon Jae-in administration's greatest challenge.
Featured Starter Kit 5 December 2020 "We are not Machines": South Korea's Labor Movement and Progressive Politics The death of labor activist Jeon Tae-il gave birth to modern South Korea's labor movement.
Featured Blue House 4 December 2020 The Corruption Investigation Office: Ready to Launch The fight to establish has been fierce, with 29 lawmakers indicted for interfering with the legislative process.
Featured Business & Economy 3 December 2020 Korean Air in Talks to Acquire the Troubled Asiana Airlines COVID-19 pandemic has been a disaster for South Korea's second largest air carrier.
United States 2 December 2020 Poll: US Still Leading in Popularity Among Neighboring Countries Despite the recent decline, South Koreans favor the United States than any of its neighbors.
Featured Newsletter 30 November 2020 TBR Weekly Update: Week 4, November 2020 As the Biden administration gears up in the US, both North and South Korea are contemplating the next stage in the inter-Korean relations.
Featured United States 30 November 2020 "No More 'America No. 1'" That KBS, South Korea's public broadcaster, put out this report makes the harshness of the assessment more salient.
Featured Starter Kit 27 November 2020 Voting in South Korea: History and Practice South Korea's long struggle for democracy led to a convenient and secure voting procedure.
Featured Business & Economy 26 November 2020 More Litigious Business Environment Ahead Major reforms in the Commercial Act and Class Action Act will introduce large class action suits with punitive damages.
