Featured Bureaucracy 4 March 2026 Superstar YouTuber City Official Announces Retirement Kim Seon-tae grew the YouTube channel for a small town to a million subscribers.
Featured Newsletter 3 March 2026 TBR Weekly Update: Week 4, February 2026 Seoul found itself considering its position in the face of the Third Gulf War.
Featured Business & Economy 3 March 2026 Hyundai Workers Revolt Against Robots New Atlas robots will be deployed in 2028.
Featured Business & Economy 2 March 2026 Chamber of Commerce’s Fake Statistics Complaints about high estate taxes backfired spectacularly.
Featured Business & Economy 27 February 2026 Leading Business Journalists Investigated for Insider Trading Five journalists traded stocks based on non-public information.
Featured Blue House 26 February 2026 V0: the Kim Geon-hee Administration The first lady's Svengali-like hold over the president may explain many of the inexplicable moments of self-destruction.
Featured Newsletter 24 February 2026 TBR Weekly Update: Week 3, February 2026 Yoon Suk-yeol was sentenced to life in prison for leading an insurrection, while the Democratic Party deliberated judiciary reforms.
Featured Business & Economy 24 February 2026 Coupang Brings US Pressure Against the Government Online retailer founded by a Korean American is bringing an external force.
Featured Business & Economy 23 February 2026 KOSPI Hits 5,000 One of president Lee Jae-myung’s key campaign pledges was fulfilled seven months after his election.
Featured Liberals 20 February 2026 Lee Hae-chan, 73, Former Prime Minister and Liberal Strategist One of the most important non-president politicians in modern South Korean history.
Featured Liberals 19 February 2026 Dem-RKP Merger: Local Elections Scramble Begins But the proposed merger is not necessarily a slam dunk.
Featured Breaking News 19 February 2026 Breaking News: Yoon Suk-yeol Sentenced to Life Imprisonment for Insurrection On February 19, 2026, Seoul Central District Court sentenced former president Yoon Suk-yeol 윤석열 전 대통령 guilty of leading an insurrection by declaring an illegal martial law on December 3, 2024. Former Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyeon 김용현 전 국방부 장관, former National Police Chief Jo Ji-ho 조지호 전 경찰청장, former
Featured Newsletter 17 February 2026 TBR Weekly Update: Week 2, February 2026 The Democratic Party abandoned plans to merge with the Rebuilding Korea Party, while the People Power Party continued its infighting.
Featured Business & Economy 17 February 2026 Koreans Warm Up to Nuclear Power: Data A reversal from the aftermath of the 2011 Fukushima disaster.
Featured Business & Economy 16 February 2026 Pizza Hut Litigation a Harbinger for Other Franchise Lawsuits Court case sent shock waves through South Korea's small businesses.
Featured Society 13 February 2026 The Dessert Storm: Dubai Chewy Cookie Becomes the Latest Craze The dessert craze has been an unexpected boon for South Korea’s small businesses.
Featured Bureaucracy 12 February 2026 Can Administrative Mergers Save Non-Seoul Regions? Mid-sized cities now want a merger with their surrounding provinces.
Featured Society 11 February 2026 Tourism Rebounds: Data Credit: Public domain. Tourism in South Korea has rebounded from the pandemic era. In a December 19-24 survey by Hankook Research 한국리서치, 71% of respondents said they planned to travel domestically in the first half of 2026, and 41% said they planned to travel internationally. Responses have been steadily rising
Featured Newsletter 10 February 2026 TBR Weekly Update: Week 1, February 2026 Kim Geon-hee’s true influence over Yoon Suk-yeol became clearer - as she received a surprisingly light sentence.
Featured Culture 4 February 2026 An Seong-gi, 75, a Cinema Legend: Obituary Also one of the leading philanthropists among Korean actors.
Featured Business & Economy 2 February 2026 Coupang’s Data Breach Response Continues to Draw Outrage Legislative hearing and public boycott over perceived foot-dragging.
Featured North Korea 30 January 2026 North Korean Defectors Happy in the South: Data Steady increase in satisfaction and quality of life for North Koreans living in South Korea.
Featured Foreign Policy 29 January 2026 Lee Jae-myung Opens 2026 with Pragmatic Diplomacy The debate is over, and the liberals were correct.
Featured Business & Economy 28 January 2026 Godfather of Korean Fried Chicken Passes Away Yun Jong-gye invented the sauced fried chicken and the pickled radish that are now universal.
Featured Newsletter 26 January 2026 TBR Weekly Update: Week 3, January 2026 Han Deok-su was sentenced to 23 years in prison. Meanwhile, South Korea’s political parties realign as the Local Elections approach.
Featured Business & Economy 26 January 2026 Detention Warrant Sought Against South Korea’s Richest Man The court denied the petition.
Featured Society 23 January 2026 Lee Jae-myung Dabbles in Pseudo-History Fake ancient Korean empire supposedly stretched from western Europe to the Americas.
Featured Blue House 22 January 2026 Year End 2025: On the Cusp of a New Era of South Korean Politics A quiet, subterranean shift underway.
Featured Business & Economy 21 January 2026 Coupang Data Leak Sparks Class Actions Lawsuits, Regulatory Scrutiny Practically every Korean adult was affected.
Featured Newsletter 20 January 2026 TBR Weekly Update: Week 2, January 2026 One of Yoon Suk-yeol’s trials ended in a prison sentence, and Lee Jae-myung traveled to Japan.
Featured Culture 19 January 2026 Son Heung-min, Sports Star of 2025: Survey The football star is the year's most popular star.
Featured Newsletter 13 January 2026 TBR Weekly Update: Week 1, January 2026 Happy new year! TBR kicks off the first week of January with a super-sized issue featuring China, Coupang, insurrection trials and more.
Featured Culture 9 January 2026 Actor Jo Jin-ung’s Retirement Gets Political Outspoken liberal actor was accused of juvenile crimes.
Featured Society 8 January 2026 Can Lee Jae-myung Stem the Tide of Migration to Seoul? Local Elections are less than six months away.
Featured Blue House 7 January 2026 Yoon Committed Insurrection: Survey The court of public opinion has decided.
Featured Business & Economy 5 January 2026 Weak Won Prompts Government Action Exchange rate may be as high as KRW 1,540 to USD 1.
Featured Blue House 2 January 2026 Roh Moo-hyun Still the Most Popular: Data Only three presidents had approval over 50%.
Featured Blue House 1 January 2026 The Insurrection, One Year Later An inflection point, but to which direction?
Featured Business & Economy 30 December 2025 Massive Data Breach at Coupang Nearly every Korean adult is affected.
Featured Culture 29 December 2025 Lee Sun-jae, 91, Oldest Active Actor and Former Politician Lee was a star in the highest rated TV show in South Korean history.
Featured Society 26 December 2025 Most Support Raising Retirement Age: Data Delayed mandatory retirement closes the gap until pensioners are eligible for the national pension.
Featured Conservatives 25 December 2025 Will the People Power Party Survive the Insurrection Investigation? Disbandment is a real possibility, but is the conservative party too big to fail?
Featured Business & Economy 24 December 2025 Government Pushes for More Domestic Investment Large corporations pledged record domestic investment.
Featured Blue House 22 December 2025 Presidential Office to Return to the Blue House South Korea’s long national nightmare is nearly over.
Featured Media 19 December 2025 Student Newspaper Strikes a Defiant Tone Middle school-aged editors with hard-hitting journalism.
Featured Conservatives 18 December 2025 O Se-hun Seeks Redemption with Sewoon Plaza Redevelopment Sewoon Plaza redevelopment may fuel the conservative mayor's re-election bid.
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
