Featured Society 24 November 2022 Itaewon Disaster: a Very International Affair South Korea's elevated stature, and the special meaning of the location, made the Itaewon disaster particularly international.
Featured Society 23 November 2022 Itaewon Disaster: Government Failure at Every Level Police, the District Office and the central government all failed to handle basic duties.
Featured Newsletter 21 November 2022 TBR Weekly Update: Week 3, November 2022 President Yoon Suk-yeol continued to battle the press while North Korea fired a new ICBM. Also: TBR’s look at South Korea’s “War on Drugs.”
Featured Business & Economy 21 November 2022 Legoland Bond Crisis Spreads Internationally as Heungkuk Life Rocked Asian Bond Market Heungkuk's Life's non-call of its 30 year bond shook the confidence in Asian bonds generally.
Featured Blue House 19 November 2022 The President's Drinking Buddies Yoon Suk-yeol's infamous drinking habits lead to cancelled meetings and opaque lobbying.
Featured Blue House 18 November 2022 Early Look at the 2027 Presidential Election O Se-hun, Kim Dong-yeon Lead in Favorability Plus-Minus.
Featured Foreign Policy 17 November 2022 Liberal and Conservative Grand Strategies Partisan disagreement as to the joint naval exercise with Japan stems from the different visions of the two parties for South Korea's role in Asia.
Featured Business & Economy 16 November 2022 Legoland Bond Crisis Continues to Choke off South Korea's Capital Market Yoon Suk-yeol administration demanded the Bank of Korea to print more money. The central bank declined.
Featured Newsletter 14 November 2022 TBR Weekly Update: Week 2, November 2022 President Yoon Suk-yeol toured Southeast Asia while sidelining the critical press.
Featured Bureaucracy 14 November 2022 Spy Agency Contradicts Yoon Administration's Claim, Says Slain South Korean Civilian was Attempting to Defect into North Korea Claim by the National Intelligence Service directly undermines the Yoon administration's allegations against its predecessor.
Featured Society 12 November 2022 Hijab-less Iranian Climber Whisked from Seoul Elnaz Rekabi was rushed back to Tehran after she competed without a head cover.
Featured Business & Economy 11 November 2022 Lack of Safety Measures at SPC Pastry Factory Kills Worker While the Government Attempts to Roll Back Regulation Industrial accident sparked a mass boycott, but the Yoon administration proposed relaxing the Serious Disasters Act.
Featured Blue House 10 November 2022 Yoon Suk-yeol’s Full Frontal Assault Against the Democratic Party Yoon turns to targeted raids and prosecutions against liberals as he runs out of cards to play.
Featured Business & Economy 9 November 2022 Legoland Default Levels South Korea's Bond Market Lotte E&C takes an emergency loan of KRW 700b while Seoul's largest redevelopment is at the brink of failure.
Featured Newsletter 7 November 2022 TBR Weekly Update: Week 1, November 2022 North Korea fired a barrage of missiles and scrambled 180 fighter jets, raising military tensions to new heights. Also: a look at the international dimensions of the Itaewon disaster.
Featured Liberals 7 November 2022 Prosecutors Raid Democratic Party HQ, Arrest Liberal Officials This is the first time since the Park Chung-hee dictatorship that the main opposition party's offices were raided.
Featured Society 5 November 2022 When Do You Get Old? Not at 65: Survey 70 is the new 65, according to a poll.
Featured Business & Economy 4 November 2022 The Politics of the Legoland Bond Crisis Newly elected far-right governor of Gangwon-do Province set off an entirely unnecessary credit crisis.
Featured Business & Economy 3 November 2022 Kakao Talk Outage Leaves South Korea Stranded Data center fire shut down the super-app for days, inviting criticism for poor planning.
Featured Society 2 November 2022 Searching for an Answer in the Itaewon Halloween Disaster Any investigation must answer this simple question: what was different about this event, this year, when Itaewon Halloween festivities have gone on for years?
Featured Newsletter 31 October 2022 TBR Weekly Update: Week 4, October 2022 South Korea suffered one of the worst public safety lapses in its history as Halloween festivities in Itaewon led to 155 deaths.
Business & Economy 31 October 2022 Largest Gap Ever Between Regular and Irregular Workers: Data South Korea's labor market bifurcation gets worse.
Featured Blue House 31 October 2022 Yoon Suk-yeol Administration Attacks High School Cartoon Drawing Competition Censorship by threats is a time-honored tradition for conservatives.
Featured Breaking News 29 October 2022 Breaking News: Stampede at Itaewon Halloween Party Causes At Least 120 Deaths The disaster is the largest crushing death incident in South Korean history.
Featured Society 28 October 2022 Use of Chinese Characters is Fading, but Most Still Favor Teaching Them: Data More than 650 years since Hangeul was invented, the debate continues.
Featured Starter Kit 27 October 2022 Starter Kit: South Korea’s Media Landscape Conservatives are dominant in the traditional media, while liberals find their outlet on the internet.
Featured Business & Economy 26 October 2022 Proposed ‘Yellow Envelope Act’ Seeks to Protect Striking Workers The proposed law would stop corporations from suing the striking union members in retaliation.
Featured Newsletter 24 October 2022 TBR Weekly Update: Week 3, October 2022 Prosecutors raided the main opposition party headquarters for the first time since the dictatorship era, and arrested two Moon Jae-in administration officials. Also: an awful death at South Korea’s largest bakery chain, and the gratuitous Legoland credit crisis.
Featured Bureaucracy 24 October 2022 Interior Ministry Formally Proposes Abolition of the Gender Equality Ministry Abolition of the Gender Equality Ministry was a major campaign promise of Yoon Suk-yeol, who rode the tide of aggressive misogyny.
Featured History 21 October 2022 Supreme Court Orders Reparations for Sex Workers Serving US Military Reminiscent of Imperial Japan's "Comfort Women," the organized sex trade near US bases in Korea involved horrendous human rights violations.
Featured Media 20 October 2022 MBC News Faces Conservative Wrath Once Again South Korea's conservatives have had a longstanding grudge against the network dating back to the Lee Myung-bak era.
Featured Blue House 19 October 2022 "Biden" vs "Nallimyeon": Gaslighting Works for Some For around a quarter of the South Korean public, a clearly audible word is no barrier to believing what they want.
Featured Newsletter 17 October 2022 TBR Weekly Update: Week 2, October 2022 North Korea continued to escalate tensions as South Korea debated having its own nuclear weapons. Also: the partisan visions of South Korea's grand strategy.
Featured Society 15 October 2022 The Old School Dreams of Young Men Outside of Seoul Young men in industrial cities dream of forming a traditional family. Critics have called it sexism.
Featured Conservatives 14 October 2022 Potential New Party of Lee Jun-seok Draws Solid Support: Data The ousted former party chairman could be a meaningful third party option.
Featured Society 13 October 2022 The New Landscape of South Korean Politics A statistical breakdown shows six major groups of voters in South Korean politics that go beyond the traditional left-right divide.
Featured Climate Change 12 October 2022 Samsung Electronics Signs Onto RE100 Amid Yoon Administration’s Hostility to Renewable Energy Samsung Electronics, South Korea's largest consumer of electricity, will transition into 100% renewable energy by 2050.
Featured Newsletter 11 October 2022 TBR Weekly Update: Week 1, October 2022 North Korea tested a long range missile over Japan while a South Korean missile drill almost caused a disaster. Also: TBR’s starter kit on South Korea’s media landscape.
Featured Foreign Policy 10 October 2022 Hot Mic Moment Tops Yoon Suk-yeol's Disastrous International Tour Following the embarrassing moment in which Yoon gossiped about Joe Biden in vulgar language, the presidential office responded with a brazen gaslighting.
Featured Culture 8 October 2022 The Strange Affair of BTS in Busan BTS's first concert since its hiatus is facing accusations of corrupt quid pro quo.
Featured Business & Economy 7 October 2022 Google and Meta Receive Record Fine for Privacy Violation The two companies were under investigation for collecting user data without permission.
Featured Blue House 6 October 2022 The Many Troubles of First Lady Kim Geon-hee TBR's profile of the First Lady, who is emerging as a key figure of the Yoon administration.
Featured Business & Economy 5 October 2022 Real Estate Price Dropping at Record Pace: Data The softening real estate market makes it hard for the Yoon administration to raise the benchmark interest rate.
Featured Newsletter 3 October 2022 TBR Weekly Update: Week 4, September 2022 Yoon Suk-yeol continued to attempt to gaslight critics about his embarrassing hot mic moment in New York, and attacked the media outlets that did not play along.
Featured Conservatives 3 October 2022 Conservatives Attempt to Whitewash the Park Geun-hye Era Coup Plot The ruling People Power Party claim that the coup plot was legitimate.
Featured Conservatives 1 October 2022 The Far-Right Youtubers Who Harass Moon Jae-in Some Youtubers do it for money, others for access to Yoon's presidency.
Featured Society 30 September 2022 One out of Seven Women Suffer from Violence: Inaugural Government Report Ministry of Gender Equality issued its first official report on violence against women.
Featured Blue House 29 September 2022 “Bloodbath”: the Quiet Purge of the Presidential Office Yoon Suk-yeol and the People Power Party leadership are drifting away from each other.
Featured Business & Economy 28 September 2022 Frieze Seoul Marks South Korea as a New Hub of Modern Art Asia's first Frieze fair sold more than USD 450m worth of artwork.
Featured Newsletter 26 September 2022 TBR Weekly Update: Week 3, September 2022 Yoon Suk-yeol goes a disastrous tour of the United Kingdom, the United States and Canada. A look at the new landscape of South Korean politics.
