Featured Business & Economy 22 April 2024 Chinese Online Retailers Eye the South Korean Market Coupang may be safe, but Emart could be in trouble.
Featured Business & Economy 19 April 2024 Bank of Korea Proposes Staggered Application of Minimum Wage The central bank suggested paying migrant workers less.
Featured Media 18 April 2024 The Onslaught at KBS Continues New appointee by Yoon Suk-yeol is gutting the publicly owned television station.
Featured Society 17 April 2024 South Korea's Autocratic Turn: Data Yoon Suk-yeol has undone South Korea's gains in democratization.
Featured Newsletter 15 April 2024 TBR Weekly Update: Week 2, April 2024 Yoon Suk-yeol and the People Power Party suffered a crushing defeat in the General Election.
Featured Key Players 15 April 2024 Son Myeong-sun, 96, First Lady of Kim Young-sam Unlike First Ladies, Son assiduously avoided the limelight.
Featured Recommendations 12 April 2024 Book Review: Seeing South Korea Without Orientalism Colin Marshall's new book suggests covering South Korea without exoticism.
Featured Elections 11 April 2024 The Surprising Strength of Cho Kuk Party Rebuilding Korea Party has stormed the General Election.
Featured Breaking News 10 April 2024 Breaking News Analysis: Liberals Win Legislative Supermajority in the General Election The defeat makes Yoon Suk-yeol 윤석열 the first South Korean president to spend his entire five-year term in the legislative minority.
Featured Foreign Policy 10 April 2024 Bipartisan Support for the US-South Korea Alliance: Data Both conservatives and liberals favor closer relationship with the United States.
Featured Breaking News 10 April 2024 Breaking News: Exit Polls Show Overwhelming Liberal Victory for the General Election The Democratic Party and the liberal bloc are headed to the 200-seat supermajority.
Featured Business & Economy 9 April 2024 Live-in Requirement Postponed to Help the Sagging Real Estate Market Measure to counteract real estate speculation was postponed.
Featured Newsletter 8 April 2024 TBR Weekly Update: Week 1, April 2024 Voters turned out at historic levels for early voting of the April 10 General Election. Also: the Sewol Ferry Disaster, ten years on.
Featured Newsletter 1 April 2024 TBR Weekly Update: Week 4, March 2024 Voting began for the General Election. Also: a look at each party’s proportional representation slate.
Featured Culture 29 March 2024 Independent Theater Hakchon Closes Hakchon made Daehak-ro the Broadway of Seoul.
Featured Elections 28 March 2024 Democratic Party Springs Leaks Ahead of the General Election Fractious slate-setting process sparked an exodus of liberal lawmakers.
Featured Society 28 March 2024 Children are Luxury Goods: Data More than half of all children are born into high income households.
Featured Business & Economy 26 March 2024 Fresh Pressure on SK Hynix to Approve Western Digital-Kioxia Merger Yoon administration joins US and Japan.
Featured Newsletter 25 March 2024 TBR Weekly Update: Week 3, March 2024 The People Power Party watched its support plummet in the Seoul metropolitan area. The General Election is 16 days away.
Featured Bureaucracy 25 March 2024 Yoon Suk-yeol Takes Steps Toward Eliminating Gender Equality Ministry Minister Kim Hyeon-suk will leave her post with no replacement.
Featured History 22 March 2024 Conservatives Push Pro-Syngman Rhee Propaganda The Birth of Korea is a surprise hit, in part because conservative groups are paying people to watch it.
Featured Healthcare 21 March 2024 Few Hearts Bleed for Striking Doctors South Korea’s doctors have achieved the impossible: they appear even more out of touch than the Yoon Suk-yeol administration.
Featured Newsletter 18 March 2024 TBR Weekly Update: Week 2, March 2024 Conflicts between the ruling People Power Party and the Office of the President began to spill out into the open. The General Election is 23 days away.
Featured Business & Economy 18 March 2024 Coupang Maintains a Blacklist The list contains not only workers who complained, but also undercover journalists and lawmakers.
Featured Blue House 15 March 2024 Yoon Suk-yeol’s Cringe-worthy Celebration of Himself "It was as if a sense of indescribable shame traveled through the screen to me and stuck there, and nothing I could do would get it off me."
Featured Elections 14 March 2024 Can the New Reform Party Make a Splash as a Third Party? Probably not.
Featured North Korea 12 March 2024 Deep Pessimism for North Korea’s Denuclearization: Data Overwhelming majority of South Koreans now believe North Korean nukes are here to stay.
Featured Newsletter 11 March 2024 TBR Weekly Update: Week 1, March 2024 The April 10 General Election is 29 days away.
Featured Business & Economy 11 March 2024 Samsung Heir Found Not Guilty Lee Jae-yong’s acquittal is inconsistent with several criminal cases that were already prosecuted.
Featured Media 8 March 2024 Overwhelmingly Negative Reaction to New KBS Chief: Data Park Min has been on the forefront of the Yoon Suk-yeol administration of media crackdown.
Featured Newsletter 7 March 2024 TBR Weekly Update: Week 4, February 2024 The doctors’ strike continued while Cho Kuk’s new party made noise.
Featured Elections 7 March 2024 Proportional Representation System Still Unsettled Ahead of the General Election The preferred Mixed-Member system is vulnerable to circumvention.
Featured Business & Economy 6 March 2024 Cost of Fruits Batters Pocketbooks in Lunar New Year Preparations South Korea now has the world's most expensive apples.
Featured Conservatives 5 March 2024 Park Geun-hye Writes a Memoir The impeached former president struck a defiant note.
Featured Courts 4 March 2024 Corruption Investigation Office Notches Its First Court Victory Close ally of Yoon Suk-yeol was sentenced to one year in prison.
Featured Business & Economy 1 March 2024 New Railway to Connect Gwangju and Daegu Major step forward in balanced development.
Featured Conservatives 29 February 2024 First Lady Scandal Drives a Wedge Between Yoon Suk-yeol and Han Dong-hun "You don't bring out nukes for a sparring practice."
Featured Business & Economy 28 February 2024 Where is South Korea's Richest City? It's not Seoul: Data The city of steel mills, shipyards and automobile factories takes the top spot.
Featured Society 27 February 2024 Woman Legislator Assaulted in an Apparent Incel Terror Attack Bae Hyeon-jin has long been a target of online incels.
Featured Newsletter 26 February 2024 TBR Weekly Update: Week 3, February 2024 Yoon Suk-yeol took steps to abolish the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family, while the Democratic Party suddenly ran into trouble in the General Election campaign.
Featured Conservatives 23 February 2024 Lee Jun-seok Launches the New Reform Party Ousted conservative leader began his third party bid as others seek alliance.
Featured Blue House 22 February 2024 Yoon Suk-yeol’s Jackbooted Thuggery Under Yoon, violence against elected officials is becoming normalized.
Featured North Korea 21 February 2024 Uptick in North Korean Defectors: Data COVID-related quarantine had all but shut down North Koreans' attempt to escape.
Featured Newsletter 19 February 2024 TBR Weekly Update: Week 2, February 2024 Yoon Suk-yeol canceled a planned state visit, while doctors threatened to strike.
Featured Business & Economy 19 February 2024 Stock Market Crashes in 2024 South Korean stock market suffers while others soar.
Featured Society 16 February 2024 Supreme Court Convicts Child Support Advocate Gu Bon-chang has named and shamed those who skipped out on alimony.
Featured Conservatives 15 February 2024 Han Dong-hun Steps into the Center Stage Longtime No. 2 to Yoon Suk-yeol is now the man of the hour for South Korean conservatives.
Featured Society 14 February 2024 Up to 800k South Korean Young Men Will Not Marry: Data Lack of marriage prospect is fueling toxic misogyny.
Featured Newsletter 13 February 2024 TBR Weekly Update: Week 1, February 2024 Minor third parties merged while Yoon Suk-yeol sat for a pre-taped New Year’s interview.
