Featured Liberals 3 April 2025 Lee Jae-myung’s Furious Race to the Center Lee’s reputation as a brash talker belies the fact that his policy positions have been guided by pragmatism, rather than ideological commitment.
Featured Society 2 April 2025 All Educated and Nowhere to Go: Data New Ph.D holders have few jobs available for them.
Featured Newsletter 31 March 2025 TBR Weekly Update: Week 4, March 2025 South Korea smoldered, both literally and figuratively.
Featured Key Players 31 March 2025 Obituary: Jeong Su-il, 91, Middle East Expert and North Korean Spy Cover identity or no, Jeong’s scholarship was real and world-leading.
Featured Society 28 March 2025 South Korean Society Turns More Conservative: Data Longitudinal data suggests Koreans more often see themselves as the upper class.
Featured Conservatives 27 March 2025 The Global Brain Rot Community The far-right of South Korea and the far-right of the United States have formed an alliance of derangement.
Featured Media 26 March 2025 Lee Jun-seok’s Media Proxy Gets the Axe Political consultant was paid to promote Lee on talk shows.
Featured Newsletter 25 March 2025 TBR Weekly Update: Week 3, March 2025 The Constitutional Court reinstated Prime Minister Han Deok-su, sowing confusion for the prospect of Yoon Suk-yeol’s removal.
Featured China 24 March 2025 Will China Lift Sanctions Against South Korea? The "Limit Korea Decree" has been in place since 2017.
Featured Blue House 21 March 2025 First Lady Loses Her Degree After Plagiarism Ruling Kim Geon-hee has been a millstone around her husband's neck.
Featured Conservatives 20 March 2025 Jeon Gwang-hun Rises to the Top of the Right-Wing The far-right pastor is the de facto leader of South Korean conservatives.
Featured Business & Economy 19 March 2025 New Alternative Trading System to Open Nextrade ends the 70-year monopoly.
Featured Newsletter 17 March 2025 TBR Weekly Update: Week 2, March 2025 The nation awaited the Constitutional Court’s decision in Yoon Suk-yeol’s impeachment trial. Also: South Korea’s anti-democratic conservatives.
Featured Elections 17 March 2025 More Post-Impeachment Polling Shenanigans Conservative voters are lying to pollsters.
Featured North Korea 14 March 2025 Dim Hopes for Improved Relations with North Korea: Data South Korean public expects little from Donald Trump.
Featured Conservatives 13 March 2025 Conservative Presidential Hopefuls Survey the Wreckage Any candidate hoping to win the PPP primary will have to pander to the election fraud derangement.
Featured Conservatives 12 March 2025 East Sea Gas Turns Out to be Hot Air Yoon's desperate bid to shore up his flagging support had no substance.
Featured Newsletter 11 March 2025 TBR Weekly Update: Week 1, March 2025 With Yoon Suk-yeol released from prison, the outlook for South Korean democracy suddenly became darker.
Featured Courts 10 March 2025 Yoon Suk-yeol Tells Obvious Lies at the Constitutional Court The fact that Yoon does not even bother to try makes his lies all the more insulting.
Featured History 7 March 2025 Court Rebukes the Government’s Lies Regarding Vietnam War Atrocities Seoul High Court went out of its way to disapprove the government position.
Featured Elections 6 March 2025 Among Democrats, “Sleeping Dragons” Begin to Stir Lee Jae-myung is in the lead, but he faces intramural challengers.
Featured Business & Economy 5 March 2025 Record Bankruptcy for the Elderly: Data Poverty is heavily concentrated in seniors.
Featured Newsletter 4 March 2025 TBR Weekly Update: Week 4, February 2025 Lee Jae-myung tried to appeal to the center.
Featured Business & Economy 3 March 2025 DeepSeek Announcement Batters Stock Markets Semiconductor industry was hard hit by the global sell-off.
Featured Conservatives 28 February 2025 USFK Denies Far-Right Fake News Sky Daily doubled down, claiming USFK public relations team was "leftist."
Featured Bureaucracy 27 February 2025 Corruption Investigation Office Gets the Last Laugh Shakespearean irony for the former Supreme Prosecutor.
Featured Business & Economy 27 February 2025 Shuttering Department Stores Take Nearby Retailers Down with Them Large malls in Busan and Masan are shuttering.
Featured Newsletter 24 February 2025 TBR Weekly Update: Week 3, February 2025 The CPAC convention in the United States welcomed the global brain rot community.
Featured Society 24 February 2025 No Money for This Seollal: Data Sluggish economy means thinner pockets for children.
Featured Blue House 21 February 2025 Yoon Suk-yeol’s Life in the Clink The impeached president is confined in the Seoul Detention Center's presidential suite, of sorts.
Featured Conservatives 20 February 2025 Conservatives Sack the Courthouse in the Wake of Yoon Arrest South Korea's right-win runs down a blind alley.
Featured Business & Economy 19 February 2025 Bank of Korea Maintains Benchmark Interest Rate Central bank wanted to lower the rates, but demurred because of political uncertainty.
Featured Newsletter 18 February 2025 TBR Weekly Update: Week 2, February 2025 Pastor Jeon Gwang-hun became the new king of the right.
Featured Society 17 February 2025 Post-Impeachment Polling Shenanigans NewJeans serves as an unlikely shibboleth.
Featured Society 14 February 2025 South Korea is a Super-Aged Society: Data More than 20% of South Korea's population is older than 65 years old.
Featured Conservatives 13 February 2025 Delenda Est The fallout from Yoon's coup may mean the end of South Korea's conservative party.
Featured Society 12 February 2025 The Man Who Stood in Front of an Armored Car “I was sure somebody around me would join and help.”
Featured Newsletter 10 February 2025 TBR Weekly Update: Week 1, February 2025 Conservative presidential hopefuls started looking for ways off their sinking ship.
Featured Conservatives 7 February 2025 South Korea's Far-Right Prays to the CIA “They make sense if you consider the United States not as a country but as God in Heaven."
Featured Conservatives 6 February 2025 Yoon Suk-yeol’s Deranged Insurrection Plan The brevity of Yoon's self-coup attempt belies the severity of the danger posed by the attempt.
Featured Newsletter 5 February 2025 TBR Weekly Update: Week 5, January 2025 Liberals began gearing up for a likely presidential election.
Featured Blue House 5 February 2025 Lee Jae-myung the Overwhelming Favorite to Succeed Yoon: Polls Conservatives are trailing far behind.
Featured Business & Economy 3 February 2025 Coup Attempt Leaves Businesses in Limbo as Exchange Rate Soars Most expect that a worse year is ahead.
Featured Courts 30 January 2025 Lawfare in the Aftermath: Impeachment and the Constitutional Court The next president of the Republic of Korea may ultimately be decided by court calendar.
Featured Business & Economy 29 January 2025 Yoon’s Self-Coup Halts South Korea's Sales of Weapons Contracts with Poland, Sweden and Kyrgyzstan are being put on hold.
Featured Newsletter 28 January 2025 TBR Weekly Update: Week 4, January 2025 Yoon Suk-yeol was indicted, in a victory for the beleaguered Corruption Investigation Office.
Featured National Assembly 28 January 2025 Assembly Speaker Considered the Most Trustworthy: Data U Won-sik is seen as the leader against Yoon Suk-yeol's self-coup.
Featured Blue House 23 January 2025 Yoon Suk-yeol’s Pizzagate Coup Brain rot caused by far-right YouTube channel fueled the president's ill-fated autogolpe.
Featured National Assembly 22 January 2025 The PPP Lawmakers Who Supported Self-Coup The shameful names that will go down in infamy.
