Featured Elections 4 November 2021 Sim Sang-jeong Promises New Politics for the Fourth Time Eighth in TBR's profiles of presidential candidates: Sim Sang-jeong of the Justice Party, a legendary labor activist.
Featured Business & Economy 3 November 2021 Yanolja to Acquire Interpark’s Leisure Divisions Yanolja recently received $1.7b investment from Softbank Vision Fund.
Featured Newsletter 1 November 2021 TBR Weekly Update: Week 4, October 2021 Roh Tae-woo dies on the same day Park Chung-hee died. TBR profile of Yun Seok-yeol, the executioner of presidents.
Featured Conservatives 1 November 2021 Court Upholds Yun Seok-yeol's Suspension The ruling undermines the conservative presidential runner's claim that the Moon administration unfairly targeted him.
Featured Key Players 30 October 2021 Obituary: Lee Wan-gu, 71, Former Prime Minister with the Shortest Tenure Lee's aggressive inside baseball politics earned comparisons to Frank Underwood in House of Cards.
Featured Society 29 October 2021 Korea's First Known Transgender Soldier Wrongfully Discharged: Court Staff Sergeant Byeon Hee-su was a tank driver who underwent gender reassignment surgery.
Featured Conservatives 28 October 2021 Yun Seok-yeol, Anal Acupuncture and "True Law" Yun is showing an unfortunate knack for letting a small scandal grow into a big one.
Featured Business & Economy 27 October 2021 "Nano Society" and "X-Teen Generation": 2022 Consumer Trends Kim Nan-do's annual analysis of consumer trend is considered the leading authority.
Featured Newsletter 25 October 2021 TBR Weekly Update: Week 3, October 2021 South Korea takes a major step toward space exploration. Lee Jae-myung fielded questions from the National Assembly on the Daejang-dong real estate scandal.
Featured Elections 25 October 2021 Daejang-dong Real Estate Scandal Threatens to Swallow the Presidential Race The scandal is hitting both Lee Jae-myung and the conservatives.
Featured History 23 October 2021 The 95th Hangeul Day Hangeul Day is the only national holiday in the world that celebrates an alphabet.
Featured Conservatives 22 October 2021 Yun Seok-yeol Can't Wait to be King The character for "king" on Yun's palm raised questions about the presidential candidates' hand-washing habits.
Featured Elections 21 October 2021 Lee Jae-myung's Stormy Rise to the Top TBR's profile of Lee Jae-myung, the Democratic nominee for the 2022 presidential election.
Featured Business & Economy 20 October 2021 Airlines: Rich Gets Richer, Poor Gets Poorer Ability to switch to freight is the secret to profitability during the pandemic.
Featured Newsletter 18 October 2021 TBR Weekly Update: Week 2, October 2021 TBR profiles Sim Sang-jeong, presidential candidate for the Justice Party.
Featured Society 18 October 2021 More than 40% of Korean Population Could be Older than 65 in 2060: Data A significant portion of the elderly live alone.
Featured History 16 October 2021 Thirtieth Anniversary of the Two Koreas in the United Nations Separate UN membership for the two Koreas is a milestone in peaceful coexistence.
Featured Business & Economy 15 October 2021 'Squid Game' Becomes the First Korean Drama to Hit No. 1 on US Netflix The survival game genre packs an unusual emotional punch.
Featured North Korea 14 October 2021 South Korea's Missile Tests Push North Korea to Sue for Peace North Korea's statement is unusual in its transparent display of fear.
Featured Elections 13 October 2021 All Presidential Candidates Deeply Unpopular The favorability numbers for all four major candidates are deeply underwater.
Featured Newsletter 11 October 2021 TBR Weekly Update: Week 1, October 2021 Lee Jae-myung clinched the Democratic Party presidential nomination, while a brewing real estate scandal is looming.
Featured Conservatives 11 October 2021 Conservatives Hit by Their Own Corruption Allegations What was supposed to attack the Democratic frontrunner boomeranged back.
Featured Breaking News 10 October 2021 Breaking News Analysis: Lee Jae-myung Wins the Democratic Nomination for 2022 Presidential Election Gyeonggi-do Province Governor scored a convincing victory over former Prime Minister Lee Nak-yeon.
Featured Conservatives 9 October 2021 Obituary: Jo Yong-gi, 85, Leader of South Korea's Evangelicals Serial adulterer and white collar criminal was a major figure in South Korea's conservative politics through his church and newspaper.
Featured Business & Economy 8 October 2021 Hyundai's New Micro SUV Powered by Gwangju Job Plan Public-private partnership for job creation enabled an absurdly cheap and popular car.
Featured National Security 7 October 2021 South Korea's Missile Program Hints at Its Own Nuclear Ambitions Nearly 70% of the public favors nuclear armament.
Featured Elections 6 October 2021 Lee Nak-yeon's Resignation Sets Up a Jongno Showdown The "First District of Politics" will be an undercard for the presidential election.
Featured Newsletter 4 October 2021 TBR Weekly Update: Week 5, September 2021 TBR profiles Democratic presidential frontrunner Lee Jae-myung.
Featured Conservatives 4 October 2021 More Evidence for Prosecutors' Collusion with Conservative Politicians Documents show the Public Prosecutors' Office wanted to have conservatives put liberal politicians and journalists under investigation.
Featured Trivia 2 October 2021 "Daebak" and other Korean Slangs Listed in the Oxford English Dictionary adj. As a general term of approval: excellent, fantastic, great.
Featured Business & Economy 1 October 2021 Million Seller Novels Almost Extinct: Data Only two fictions sold more than a million copies in the 2010s, down from 17 such novels in the 1990s.
Featured Society 30 September 2021 Women in their 20s: Feminism May be the Future of South Korea’s Liberal Politics Young women are strongly liberal, but not yet sold on the main liberal party.
Featured Business & Economy 29 September 2021 KFTC Chief Blazes the Trail in Digital Economy Regulation Jo Seong-uk shifted focus from chaebol reform to digital economy regulation.
Featured Newsletter 27 September 2021 TBR Weekly Update: Week 4, September 2021 Moon Jae-in and BTS addressed the United Nations. North Korea is suddenly interested in ending the Korean War - why?
Featured Elections 27 September 2021 Yu Seung-min, Leader of "Rational Conservatives" Yu has sought to wash out the taint of dictatorship from South Korea's right, but many conservatives consider him a traitor.
Featured Society 25 September 2021 New Drama D.P. Highlights Military Brutality The drama is set in 2014, a year rocked with major military abuse scandals.
Featured Elections 24 September 2021 Transportation and Industry the Most Common Campaign Promises: Data Regions closer to Seoul are promised transportation, outlying regions industry.
Featured National Assembly 23 September 2021 Latest Round of Major Legislation by the National Assembly Don't sleep on the legislature, even during the presidential election season.
Featured Business & Economy 22 September 2021 Namyang Dairy Cries over Spilt Milk, Pulls out of Acquisition Deal Dairy company was facing legal trouble after misleadingly claiming that its product cured coronavirus.
Featured Newsletter 20 September 2021 TBR Weekly Update: Week 3, September 2021 The two Koreas conduct dueling missile launches as South Korea contemplates whether to go nuclear.
Featured Elections 20 September 2021 Collusion Charge is Yun Seok-yeol's Greatest Challenge Yet The latest scandal threatens to derail the conservative frontrunner as Hong Jun-pyo is about to overtake him.
Featured Society 17 September 2021 Crimes in Seoul: Murder in the Southwest, Gambling and Drugs in the Southeast Sexual assault was evenly distributed throughout the city.
Featured Elections 16 September 2021 Lee Nak-yeon Used to be the Next President of Korea. Can He Rebound? TBR's profile of the former prime minister who used to be the Democratic frontrunner.
Featured Media 15 September 2021 Obvious Lie with a Misleading Photo Debunked by Video Seriously, just watch the video.
Featured Newsletter 13 September 2021 TBR Weekly Update: Week 2, September 2021 Lee Jae-myung continues to steamroll through the Democratic primaries. What young Korean women want in politics, and TBR's profile of Yu Seung-min.
Featured Foreign Policy 13 September 2021 South Korea Evacuates 391 Afghans in 'Operation Miracle' The operation was the first of its kind in South Korean history.
Featured Society 11 September 2021 More Koreans Go Vegan: Data More than a quarter of Koreans under 40 refrain from eating meat for the most part.
Featured History 10 September 2021 Legendary General Hong Beom-do Returns Home The returns of the remains of the famed independence fighter was a diplomatic coup for South Korea.
Featured Elections 9 September 2021 Hong Jun-pyo: Man with the Mouth Survives and Advances The 2017 conservative presidential candidate fights his own party as much as he fights the liberals.
Featured Business & Economy 7 September 2021 Upbit Becomes the First to File for Crypto Exchange Registration as the Statutory Deadline Looms South Korea's new AML/KYC rules on digital currency will shutter unauthorized crypto exchanges.
