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.
Featured China 6 November 2025 Once Again, South Korea Looks Toward China Soured relationship from 2017 may be on the rebound.
Featured Newsletter 4 November 2025 TBR Weekly Update: Week 5, October 2025 South Korea navigated through the APEC summit hosting Donald Trump and Xi Jinping.
Featured Culture 4 November 2025 Jeon Yu-seong, 76, Godfather of Korean Comedy Pioneering comedy writer moved South Korea away from slapstick.
Featured Business & Economy 31 October 2025 KakaoTalk Withdraws Disastrous Update The change in the "everything app" sparked an immediate backlash.
Featured Foreign Policy 30 October 2025 Starter Kit: South Korea, Israel, and Palestine Although South Korea historically had a closer relationship with Israel, recent events in both the Middle East and within South Korea have caused Koreans to be more distanced.
Featured Newsletter 28 October 2025 TBR Weekly Update: Week 4, October 2025 South Korea prepared for diplomacy at the APEC summit - while keeping one eye on nuclear armament.
Featured Society 27 October 2025 Seoul Vacuums Up the Youth: Data Young people come to the city as the older people leave.
Featured Business & Economy 24 October 2025 O Se-hun’s Han River Bus Flops Yet another Seoul mayor's water project fails to make a splash.
Featured Foreign Policy 23 October 2025 Lee Jae-myung Eyes Middle-Power Diplomacy with APEC Summit What was almost a disaster now became a bridge for Donald Trump and Xi Jinping.
Featured Newsletter 21 October 2025 TBR Weekly Update: Week 3, October 2025 South Korea drew one step closer to nuclear armament. Also: troubled times in Cambodia.
Featured Society 21 October 2025 Gyeonggi-do Province Passes Migrant Bill of Rights South Korea's first legal guarantee of the human rights of residents of non-Korean origin.
Featured Business & Economy 20 October 2025 Global Tourism Rushes In: Data Marked increase of tourism from Europe.
Featured Society 17 October 2025 Court Reverses a 61-Year-Old Case of Self-Defense Against Sexual Assault In 1961, Choi Mal-ja bit off her assailant's tongue in self-defense.
Featured Courts 16 October 2025 Court System Embroiled in the Insurrection Aftermath The Supreme Court invited the reform by dragging its feet on Yoon Suk-yeol's coup attempt, but challenges remain.
Featured Newsletter 14 October 2025 TBR Weekly Update: Week 2, October 2025 Preparations for the APEC summit continue, as Seoul reconsiders its relationship with Beijing.
Featured Business & Economy 14 October 2025 Secret Deal Takes the Shine Off South Korea’s Nuclear Export Major concessions were given to Westinghouse for all future sales of nuclear power plants.
Featured Blue House 13 October 2025 Yoon Suk-yeol and Kim Geon-hee’s Parties Crates of soju on the presidential plane and exclusive tea parties at the UNESCO heritage site.
Featured Society 10 October 2025 Suwon Has the Drunkest Drivers: Data Overall number of drunk driving incidents has declined.
Featured Bureaucracy 9 October 2025 Extensive Government Reorganization to Eliminate Public Prosecutors’ Office, Among Others Elimination of the Ministry of Strategy and Finance is equally as important.
Featured Business & Economy 7 October 2025 Immigration Raid in the United States Halts Projects, Sparks Outrage For now, Korean businesses are keeping a low profile.
Featured Business & Economy 6 October 2025 AI Use Spreads in Business Credit: Public domain. According to a survey by the Bank of Korea 한국은행, 63.5% of all workers have used generative artificial intelligence at work, vastly outpacing the United States’ 26.5%. Workers spend approximately five to seven hours per week on AI use, which resulted in a 3.8%
Featured Society 3 October 2025 Convenience Stores Become Frontlines of Welfare Programs People's everyday habits displayed in the stores make it an ideal entry point for social assistance.
Featured Starter Kit 2 October 2025 Starter Kit: The Long Reach of the Unification Church The cult has cultivated deep roots with the right wing politics in South Korea, Japan, and the United States.
Featured Newsletter 30 September 2025 TBR Weekly Update: Week 4, September 2025 The National Assembly eliminated the Public Prosecutors’ Office. Also: a primer on South Korea, Israel, and Palestine.
Featured Japan 30 September 2025 Ishiba More Popular Than Trump: Data Japanese prime minister hits record approval rating among South Koreans.
Featured Recommendations 29 September 2025 Lee Se-dol, Go Champion, Looks Back on Defeating AI "What is the role of a pro in a game with a predetermined answer?"
Featured Blue House 26 September 2025 Prosecutors Lose Critical Evidence Against Yoon Suk-yeol Wrapping paper for the cash bundle contained critical information connecting Yoon and his shaman.
Featured Foreign Policy 25 September 2025 Mr. Lee Goes to Washington, via Tokyo Visit to Japan before the United States shows a change in priorities for South Korea.
Featured Newsletter 23 September 2025 TBR Weekly Update: Week 3, September 2025 The leader of the Unification Church cult was detained, while Lee Jae-myung traveled to the United Nations.
Featured Conservatives 22 September 2025 Majority Wants PPP Gone: Data The conservative opposition is facing an existential crisis.
Featured Business & Economy 19 September 2025 National Museum Booms with K-Pop Demon Hunters Fans Visitors nearly double while merchandises fly off the shelf.
Featured Liberals 18 September 2025 Cho Kuk Returns from the Dead; Will He Rise? The former liberal heir apparent faces a new challenge.
Featured Conservatives 17 September 2025 Seoul Detention Center Chief Sacked Over Special Treatment for Yoon Suk-yeol Yoon was given unlimited use of an air-conditioned room with smartphone use.
Featured Newsletter 16 September 2025 TBR Weekly Update: Week 2, September 2025 Lee Jae-myung marked off his first 100 days as president. Also: lawfare comes to the judiciary.
