Featured Bureaucracy 9 October 2025 Extensive Government Reorganization to Eliminate Public Prosecutors’ Office, Among Others Elimination of the Ministry of Strategy and Finance is equally as important.
Featured Business & Economy 7 October 2025 Immigration Raid in the United States Halts Projects, Sparks Outrage For now, Korean businesses are keeping a low profile.
Featured Business & Economy 6 October 2025 AI Use Spreads in Business Credit: Public domain. According to a survey by the Bank of Korea 한국은행, 63.5% of all workers have used generative artificial intelligence at work, vastly outpacing the United States’ 26.5%. Workers spend approximately five to seven hours per week on AI use, which resulted in a 3.8%
Featured Society 3 October 2025 Convenience Stores Become Frontlines of Welfare Programs People's everyday habits displayed in the stores make it an ideal entry point for social assistance.
Featured Starter Kit 2 October 2025 Starter Kit: The Long Reach of the Unification Church The cult has cultivated deep roots with the right wing politics in South Korea, Japan, and the United States.
Featured Newsletter 30 September 2025 TBR Weekly Update: Week 4, September 2025 The National Assembly eliminated the Public Prosecutors’ Office. Also: a primer on South Korea, Israel, and Palestine.
Featured Japan 30 September 2025 Ishiba More Popular Than Trump: Data Japanese prime minister hits record approval rating among South Koreans.
Featured Recommendations 29 September 2025 Lee Se-dol, Go Champion, Looks Back on Defeating AI "What is the role of a pro in a game with a predetermined answer?"
Featured Blue House 26 September 2025 Prosecutors Lose Critical Evidence Against Yoon Suk-yeol Wrapping paper for the cash bundle contained critical information connecting Yoon and his shaman.
Featured Foreign Policy 25 September 2025 Mr. Lee Goes to Washington, via Tokyo Visit to Japan before the United States shows a change in priorities for South Korea.
Featured Newsletter 23 September 2025 TBR Weekly Update: Week 3, September 2025 The leader of the Unification Church cult was detained, while Lee Jae-myung traveled to the United Nations.
Featured Conservatives 22 September 2025 Majority Wants PPP Gone: Data The conservative opposition is facing an existential crisis.
Featured Business & Economy 19 September 2025 National Museum Booms with K-Pop Demon Hunters Fans Visitors nearly double while merchandises fly off the shelf.
Featured Liberals 18 September 2025 Cho Kuk Returns from the Dead; Will He Rise? The former liberal heir apparent faces a new challenge.
Featured Conservatives 17 September 2025 Seoul Detention Center Chief Sacked Over Special Treatment for Yoon Suk-yeol Yoon was given unlimited use of an air-conditioned room with smartphone use.
Featured Newsletter 16 September 2025 TBR Weekly Update: Week 2, September 2025 Lee Jae-myung marked off his first 100 days as president. Also: lawfare comes to the judiciary.
Featured Business & Economy 15 September 2025 Lee Jae-myung Administration Launches Sovereign AI Project Five companies won the bid to create a domestic rival to the leading AI engines.
Featured History 12 September 2025 Court Orders Reparation for Officer Who Stood Against Chun Doo-hwan Kim O-rang died in a gunfight against insurrectionists.
Featured Starter Kit 11 September 2025 Starter Kit: With Vietnam, South Korea Atones and Looks Forward Liberal governments have acknowledged Seoul's misdeeds and forged a forward-looking relationship.
Featured Society 10 September 2025 Gangnam Students Drop Out: Data Wealthy students are skipping high school and head straight to college exams.
Featured Newsletter 9 September 2025 TBR Weekly Update: Week 1, September 2025 United States immigration authorities raided a Hyundai plant in Georgia, while the Speaker of the Assembly attended a military parade in China.
Featured Foreign Policy 8 September 2025 Lee Jae-myung Addresses South Korea’s History with Vietnam “As to Vietnam, we must do everything within our ability."
Featured Business & Economy 5 September 2025 New Tax Plan Dampens Stock Market Rally Taxes on stock transactions caused an investor backlash.
Featured United States 4 September 2025 Tariff Deal Opens an Uncertain New Chapter for US-Korea Alliance Despite a good result, Seoul is hardly jubilant.
Featured Society 3 September 2025 Immigration Boosts Population: Data Gradually, South Korea is becoming a nation of immigrants.
Featured Newsletter 2 September 2025 TBR Weekly Update: Week 4, August 2025 The Unification Church’s connections to politics came to light.
Featured Business & Economy 1 September 2025 Consumption Coupons Stoke Demand Lee Jae-myung's signature policy is boosting domestic demand.
Featured Blue House 28 August 2025 Lee Jae-myung Hits a Snag with Appointments The first signs of strain are beginning to show for the new administration.
Featured Business & Economy 27 August 2025 Lee Jae-myung Gets Serious About Labor Abuses As a child laborer, Lee became disabled in an industrial accident when a machine injured his left arm.
Featured Newsletter 26 August 2025 TBR Weekly Update: Week 3, August 2025 Lee Jae-myung toured Japan and the United States.
Featured Business & Economy 25 August 2025 Minimum Wage Rises to Highest in Asia South Korea's high minimum wage props up domestic consumption.
Featured Conservatives 22 August 2025 Yoon Suk-yeol’s Shaman Worshiped Amaterasu Bizarre worship of a Japanese deity may explain Yoon's diplomacy with Tokyo.
Featured Conservatives 21 August 2025 Special Prosecutor Investigations over the Yoon Administration: the State of Play Yoon Suk-yeol tried to start a war, and other revelations.
Featured Climate Change 20 August 2025 Heat Stroke Numbers Soar in a Record Heat Wave Hottest summer in 118 years.
Featured Newsletter 19 August 2025 TBR Weekly Update: Week 2, August 2025 South Korea marked the 80th anniversary of Liberation Day, and Cho Kuk returned to politics.
Featured Blue House 14 August 2025 Lee Jae-myung’s Real Estate Policy: An Early Indicator for the Administration Surprising early success suggests Lee's governing style.
Featured Blue House 13 August 2025 Lee Jae-myung’s Cabinet is Nearly 30% Women The benchmark is based on the average percentage of women cabinet members in OECD countries.
Featured Newsletter 12 August 2025 TBR Weekly Update: Week 1, August 2025 Lee Jae-myung held a summit meeting with Vietnam’s leader To Lam.
Featured Business & Economy 11 August 2025 New Laws Strengthen Shareholder Rights The revisions are a key step toward relieving the so-called “Korea discount."
Featured Courts 8 August 2025 Supreme Court Rules on Polling Blackout Polls about election cannot be published, but the new ruling suggests that workarounds are permitted.
Featured Japan 7 August 2025 Lee Jae-myung’s Relationship with Tokyo Could Be Turning an Unexpected Corner Early days of the new administration has shown a surprisingly smooth relationship.
Featured Media 6 August 2025 Mixed Reactions to Voice of America Shutdown VOA's Korean language service was a thinly veiled far-right propaganda.
Featured Newsletter 5 August 2025 TBR Weekly Update: Week 5, July 2025 South Korea and the United States entered into a new tariff deal, as Koreans reconsider the nature of the alliance.
Featured Business & Economy 4 August 2025 Lee Jae-myung Administration’s First Real Estate Policy Tightens Mortgage Loans The Lee administration is pursuing a strategy of focusing entirely on controlling the flow of funds going into the housing market.
Featured Conservatives 1 August 2025 Conservatives Who Oppose the Martial Law: Data The landslide election loss may be causing the fever to break among conservative voters.
Featured Blue House 31 July 2025 Lee Jae-myung’s First Cabinet Pragmatic experience was valued in Lee's picks for cabinet ministers.
Featured Blue House 30 July 2025 New Focus for the Presidential Photographer The photos of the new president have been taking an angle that has not been seen before, intended to deemphasize his authority.
Featured Newsletter 29 July 2025 TBR Weekly Update: Week 4, July 2025 Lee Jae-myung’s cabinet appointments encountered friction.
