Featured Society 7 January 2022 Korean Passport Gets a New Look For the first time in 33 years, the passport got a makeover.
Featured Elections 6 January 2022 Family Matters: Political Risk of Spouses Both presidential candidates face risks from their spouses, but one risk is more imminent than the other.
Featured Society 5 January 2022 More Koreans Live Alone: Data Single-person households are less employed and live in smaller spaces.
Featured Buzzword 4 January 2022 Namuwiki for President Yun Seok-yeol pledged he would post his campaign promises on the popular wiki site.
Featured Business & Economy 3 January 2022 Dead Prince vs Condominiums Several new high-rise buildings built too close to a UNESCO heritage site may have to be demolished.
Announcement 30 December 2021 TBR's Most Read Stories of 2021 TBR looks back on its first full year of existence.
Featured Society 29 December 2021 Year in Review 2021: Vaccine Panic and the Rise of the Incels Misinformation and bigotry dominated the headlines of 2021.
Featured Society 28 December 2021 Korea's Favorite Actors of 2021: Data Squid Game and Minari stars were the people's choice.
Featured Business & Economy 27 December 2021 Per Capita GDP, Export of South Korea Hit Record High South Korean economy continued to roll through 2021.
Featured Breaking News 23 December 2021 Breaking News: Park Geun-hye is Pardoned Park served over four years of her 22 year sentence based on election interference and bribery.
Featured Starter Kit 23 December 2021 How to Read Opinion Polls in South Korean Politics A primer on how to avoid dodgy polls and interpret regularly conducted surveys.
Featured Business & Economy 22 December 2021 GDP and Inflation Goals for the New Year Government is aiming for a 3% growth in 2022.
Featured Newsletter 20 December 2021 TBR Weekly Update: Week 3, December 2021 TBR's last newsletter of the year looks back on 2021.
Featured Conservatives 20 December 2021 Lee Jun-seok's Day Off The young chairman of the People Power Party eventually mended fences with the presidential candidate Yun Seok-yeol, but embers remain.
Featured Society 17 December 2021 Gangwon-do Province Revitalized: Data The mountainous province is recently seeing an influx of new residents.
Featured History 16 December 2021 Chun Doo-hwan's Dark Legacy The deceased military dictator's evil deeds go well past the massacre in Gwangju.
Featured Business & Economy 15 December 2021 Real Estate Taxes Blues Played on the World's Tiniest Violin Having low property tax relative to the peer countries doesn't stop wealthy Koreans from complaining loudly about it.
Featured Newsletter 13 December 2021 TBR Weekly Update: Week 2, December 2021 A look at the political risk posed by the presidential candidates' spouses.
Featured Society 13 December 2021 Twentieth Anniversary of the National Human Rights Commission Despite the waxing and waning of its authority, the NHRC has been a key force in protecting human rights.
Featured Society 10 December 2021 The Cost of Sexism: Between One-Quarter and One-Third of Income New paper isolated the impact of "pure" misogyny on women's income.
Featured Liberals 9 December 2021 The Power of the Purse: Finance Ministry in the Crosshairs Democratic presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung seeks to distinguish himself by taking aim at the Finance Ministry.
Featured Business & Economy 8 December 2021 Naver Selects a 40 Year Old Woman as Its New CEO Choi Su-yeon will lead 120 executives, only six of whom are younger than she is.
Featured Newsletter 6 December 2021 TBR Weekly Update: Week 1, December 2021 People Power Party chairman Lee Jun-seok decides to take a day off. China supported the end of war declaration for the Korean War.
Featured Society 6 December 2021 Suwon KT Wiz Wins the Korean Series The expansion team won its first championship by sweeping through the playoffs, not losing a single game.
Featured Society 3 December 2021 South Korea's Rural Areas Adapt to Immigrants Immigrants from South and Southeast Asia are increasingly becoming the backbone of Korea's farmlands.
Featured Foreign Policy 2 December 2021 The Foreign Policy Brain Trust of the Presidential Candidates If personnel is policy, we have a good view on what each candidate wants.
Featured Japan 1 December 2021 South Korea Wants Better Korea-Japan Relations: Data The feeling is less than mutual, however.
Featured Newsletter 29 November 2021 TBR Weekly Update: Week 4, November 2021 Yun Seok-yeol's convention effect fades as Lee Jae-myung gains. Remembering the dark legacy of dictator Chun Doo-hwan.
Featured Media 29 November 2021 Yonhap Receives "Death Penalty" from Major Portal Sites The wire service was penalized after publishing thousands of ads masquerading as news articles.
Featured COVID-19 26 November 2021 How South Korea Chose Its Pandemic Response The country's excellent response had surprising political challenges.
Featured Elections 25 November 2021 The Stage is Set: Presidential Election Viewer's Guide Four storylines to watch in the race.
Featured Media 24 November 2021 The Media's Tilted Pitch: Data The coverage of conservatives suddenly becomes sparse when there is bad news.
Featured Newsletter 23 November 2021 TBR Weekly Update: Week 3, November 2021 Mass murderer Chun Doo-hwan died. Lee Jae-myung tilts against the Finance Ministry.
Featured Elections 22 November 2021 Alien vs Predator: The National Mood as Seen from Presidential Candidates Selection of Lee Jae-myung and Yun Seok-yeol heralds a civil war without gunshots.
Featured History 20 November 2021 The Death of Park Chung-hee Military dictator was a foundational figure for South Korea's conservatives.
Featured Business & Economy 19 November 2021 Electronics Companies Report Record Sales for 3Q 2021 Smartphones, memory chips and home appliances led the way.
Featured Key Players 18 November 2021 Yun Seok-yeol, the Executioner of Presidents The former Supreme Prosecutor's foray into politics is a reflection of the state of the conservatives.
Featured Blue House 17 November 2021 More Good than Bad: Presidential Assessments Park Chung-hee, Kim Dae-jung and Roh Moo-hyun earned high marks.
Featured Newsletter 15 November 2021 TBR Weekly Update: Week 2, November 2021 The two presidential nominees assembled their foreign policy team and welcomed visiting dignitaries.
Featured Key Players 15 November 2021 Roh Tae-woo, 89, Mass Murderer and South Korea's First Democratically Elected President Roh embodied South Korea's tumultuous transition into democracy.
Media 13 November 2021 Online Bulletin Boards as Journalism Beats: Data Major papers copy-paste the most sensational anecdotes without any fact-checking.
Featured Business & Economy 12 November 2021 CJ ENM to Acquire SM Entertainment, Creating a Pop Culture Behemoth The success of BTS pushed SM Entertainment to seek greater distribution.
Featured Elections 11 November 2021 Daejang-dong Audit: Lee Jae-myung Laughs at Adversaries The Democratic presidential candidate won the battle, but it's unclear if he will win the war.
Featured Business & Economy 10 November 2021 Lee Myung-bak’s “Resource Diplomacy” Completely Bankrupt Signature initiative to secure natural resources failed spectacularly.
Featured Newsletter 8 November 2021 TBR Weekly Update: Week 1, November 2021 The People Power Party nominated Yun Seok-yeol as its candidate, setting up the final round against Democratic Party's Lee Jae-myung.
Featured National Security 8 November 2021 South Korea Launches Its First Domestically Produced Space Rocket The rocket will eventually place military satellites that will serve as "unblinking eyes" over North Korea.
Featured Society 6 November 2021 Vivid Look into the Eating Lives of the Poor "The Table of the Poor" by Kukmin Ilbo interactive shows a rare look at the South Korean poor's nutritional deficiency.
Featured Business & Economy 5 November 2021 Asset Ownership of South Korean Youths: Data The richest 20% of Koreans in their 20s and 30s have 35 times the assets of the bottom one-fifth.
Featured Breaking News 5 November 2021 Breaking News Analysis: Yun Seok-yeol Wins the PPP Nomination for 2022 Presidential Election The former Supreme Prosecutor fought off a furious chase from Assembly Member Hong Jun-pyo to capture the conservative nomination.
