Featured Foreign Policy 8 July 2021 Moon Jae-in Tours Europe as the Fog of War Against COVID-19 Clears South Korea is poised to play a major role in the post-COVID world order.
Featured Business & Economy 7 July 2021 Krafton, a Leading Videogame Company, Prepares for an IPO The publisher of PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds is poised to become South Korea's most valuable videogame company.
Featured Newsletter 5 July 2021 TBR Weekly Update: Week 5, June 2021 The proposed law prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation may have a better chance this time. Presidential race kicks off in earnest.
Featured Business & Economy 5 July 2021 Mid-sized Construction Company to Buy the Troubled Eastar Jet Acquisition by Seongjeong Construction is raising eyebrows as it is making a KRW 110b bid.
Featured Key Players 3 July 2021 Obituary: Yu Sang-cheol, 50, Hero of South Korea's 2002 FIFA World Cup Run After retiring in 2006, Yu astonished the public by disclosing for the first time that he was functionally blind in his left eye and played with one eye for most of his career.
Featured Liberals 2 July 2021 Democratic Party Demands 12 of Its Lawmakers Suspected of Real Estate Speculation to Leave the Party Conservatives initially resisted investigation, but is bowing to the public pressure.
Featured Liberals 1 July 2021 Former Justice Minister's Best-Selling Memoir Compels a Look Back on the Cho Kuk Affair The former Justice Minister's new memoir is sweeping the bestseller lists.
Featured Climate Change 30 June 2021 Climate Change Comes for South Korea's Seafood The new data journalism site shows climate change is hurting cold water fish.
Featured COVID-19 29 June 2021 South Korea's Biotech Firms Thrive in the Pandemic The new richest man of South Korea is an owner of a biotech company.
Featured Newsletter 28 June 2021 TBR Weekly Update: Week 4, June 2021 Former Supreme Prosecutor, the leading conservative presidential candidate, is coming under increasing scrutiny as he makes an uneven transition toward politics.
Conservatives 28 June 2021 Conservatives Elect Incel Leader as Its New Chairman Lee is the first major party chairman in South Korean history to have never won an election.
Featured Recommendations 26 June 2021 Book Review: a Nuanced Look at North Korean Defectors Jo Cheon-hyeon's book The Defectors takes down the myths about the North Koreans who leave their country.
Featured Conservatives 25 June 2021 Spy Agency Interfered with Overseas Voting in 2012 The National Intelligence Service agent who blew the whistle was tortured with sensory deprivation.
Featured Climate Change 24 June 2021 Climate Change Returns to the Top of the South Korean Agenda By hosting the P4G summit, Seoul seeks to make up for the lost time.
Featured Liberals 23 June 2021 Justice Party’s Surprising Rightward Lurch The erstwhile progressive party is now the left flank of the conservatives.
Newsletter 21 June 2021 TBR Weekly Update: Week 3, June 2021 As the pandemic's end nears, Moon Jae-in tours Europe.
Featured North Korea 21 June 2021 With the Workers’ Party Rule Changes, Kim Jong Un Strikes His Own Path The new Number 2 post may mean Kim Jong Un has health concerns.
Featured Society 19 June 2021 Picasso's "Massacre in Korea" Visits Seoul The painting previously had difficulty being exhibited in South Korea as it depicted US forces' of massacre of North Koreans.
Featured National Security 18 June 2021 Poll: Volunteer Military Favored over Conscription For the first time, the end of conscription is favored in an opinion poll.
Featured Liberals 17 June 2021 The Political Culture that is Roh Moo-hyun Twelve years after Roh's death, the memory of the late president has been the emotional engine of the liberals.
Featured Business & Economy 16 June 2021 Namyang Dairy Sold to a Private Equity Company After a Scandal Private equity company Hahn & Company bought the embattled dairy producer out of family ownership.
Liberals 15 June 2021 Minor Democratic Party Leaders Declare a Presidential Run Four Democrats announced a presidential run, with heavyweights expected to announce later this month.
Featured Newsletter 14 June 2021 TBR Weekly Update: Week 2, June 2021 Moon Jae-in attends the G7 summit. Revisiting the Cho Kuk affair that rocked South Korean politics in 2019.
Featured National Security 14 June 2021 Smartphones in the Military Receiving Rave Reviews In addition to entertainment, smartphone has been a crucial device for whistle-blowing.
Featured COVID-19 12 June 2021 South Korean Companies to Produce Additional COVID-19 Vaccines Samsung Biologics and SK Bioscience entered into new agreements with Moderna and Novavax.
Featured Business & Economy 11 June 2021 Liberals: Good for the Stock Market South Korea's KOSPI index rose the most under the liberal administrations.
Featured United States 10 June 2021 Moon-Biden Summit Ushers in a New Era of ROK-US Alliance The scope of the alliance now covers Central America and the moon.
Featured History 9 June 2021 Colette Noir, the French Heroine of Gwangju Noir was the only non-Korean who was investigated by the Chun Doo-hwan dictatorship regarding the massacre in Gwangju.
Featured Newsletter 7 June 2021 TBR Weekly Update: Week 1, June 2021 Seoul hosts a major climate summit and commits to a more stringent carbon neutrality goals. A look into North Korea's new path.
Featured COVID-19 7 June 2021 South Korea's Vaccination Drive Picks up the Pace Since late May, the country has been pushing its vaccination rate by approximately 1% each day.
Featured Business & Economy 5 June 2021 Naver and Kakao Acquire Serialized Fiction Apps for the North American Market Naver acquired Wattpad; Kakao acquired Radish.
Featured Conservatives 4 June 2021 Incel Leader Aims for the Conservative Party Chair Despite having no electoral victory under his belt, Lee Jun-seok is leading the race for People Power Party chairman.
Featured Liberals 3 June 2021 Prosecutors Still Hunting for the Administration's Scalps Public perception be damned, the Public Prosecutors' Office continues to bring tendentious cases against the liberal government.
Featured North Korea 2 June 2021 North Korea Forward Deploys Anti-Aircraft Guns to Attack Balloon Launches North Korea previously attacked the balloon launches in 2014.
Featured Newsletter 31 May 2021 TBR Weekly Update: Week 4, May 2021 Looking back on the cultural impact of Roh Moo-hyun, and the incel leader aiming to be the next conservative party leader.
Featured Elections 31 May 2021 Parties Gear up for the Presidential Election Liberals are consolidating behind Lee Jae-myung, while conservatives are still looking for a candidate.
Featured COVID-19 29 May 2021 Pandemic Depresses Dating Lives Social distancing means fewer chances to meet someone new.
Featured History 28 May 2021 The 99th Children's Day Influenced by March 1 Movement, the Children's Day was strongly connected to May Day.
Featured Media 27 May 2021 Between Two Deaths of Young Man, Only One Gets Around-the-Clock Coverage Rather than using the slow news week to discuss neglected issues, the media makes its sensationalism even cheaper.
Featured Business & Economy 26 May 2021 Manufacturing Carries South Korea Through the Pandemic South Korea is a top 3 manufacturing power in the world as of 2020, ahead of United States and Japan.
Featured Newsletter 24 May 2021 TBR Weekly Update: Week 3, May 2021 Moon Jae-in and Joe Biden open a new chapter of ROK-US alliance; remembering the Gwangju Democracy Movement.
Featured Society 24 May 2021 Incels Call for Boycotts of Companies Using Hidden Hand Gesture in Advertisements It's as absurd as it sounds.
Featured Key Players 21 May 2021 Obituary: Cardinal Jeong Jin-seok Nicolao, South Korea's Second-Ever Cardinal Approximately 8% of South Koreans are Catholics, including President Moon Jae-in Timoteo.
Featured Starter Kit 20 May 2021 Starter Kit: The Inner Pipework of the Blue House The vast organization within the Office of the President acts as the president's lever for his or her government.
Featured Conservatives 19 May 2021 Former Conservative Leader Confirms Park Geun-hye's Plan for Martial Law Kim Mu-seong also said conservative lawmakers advised Park to resign, but she refused to step down.
Featured Newsletter 17 May 2021 TBR Weekly Update: Week 2, May 2021 The major parties are gearing up for the presidential election, now less than 300 days away.
Featured Business & Economy 17 May 2021 Deceased Samsung Chairman's Estate Donates Money and Artwork While Consolidating Family Control Lee Kun-hee's family divided his stock holdings to consolidate corporate control for his son Lee Jae-yong.
Featured Climate Change 15 May 2021 Climate Change Threatens the Sea Women "I'm finding more golf balls than sea cucumbers now."
Featured COVID-19 14 May 2021 Pandemic Economy Hits Married Women Closure of schools took away the free childcare, impacting married women.
Featured Conservatives 13 May 2021 The Rise of the Incels Conservative pundit Lee Jun-seok is emerging as the spokesman of the sexists.