Featured Bureaucracy 20 July 2022 Justice Ministry Replaces Hundreds of High-Ranking Prosecutors Without a Supreme Prosecutor The Yoon administration skipped the mandatory consultation with the Supreme Prosecutor by not appointing one.
Featured Newsletter 19 July 2022 TBR Weekly Update: Week 2, July 2022 Seoul Queer Parade resumes in-person festivities. The Yoon administration's desperate red-baiting.
Featured Elections 18 July 2022 The Real Estate Election, Over and Over Again: Data Every analysis shows the same conclusion: Seoul's real estate decided the presidential election.
Featured Recommendations 15 July 2022 Presidential Election Through the Lens of Participation and Cynicism Erik Mobrand, the best contemporary theorist of South Korean politics, offers his view on the 2022 election.
Featured Society 14 July 2022 Fairness for Thee, But Not for Me New study shows the standard of "fairness" is deployed selectively and along partisan lines.
Featured Business & Economy 13 July 2022 The Triple Quandary: Stock Market, Inflation, and KRW-USD Exchange Rate One causes another, which causes yet another.
Featured Newsletter 11 July 2022 TBR Weekly Update: Week 1, July 2022 Considering Abe Shinzo's legacy with Korea. Also: Lee Jun-seok suspended, and spy agency attacks its former chiefs.
Featured Bureaucracy 11 July 2022 Yoon Suk-yeol Purges Spy Agency and Re-introduces Dictatorship Era Police Bureau The move is in the latest step in the administration to firm its hold over the policing and surveillance organs.
Featured Society 9 July 2022 Partying in Water While the Country Burns PSY drew criticism for water bomb concerts during severe drought.
Featured Courts 8 July 2022 Jury Trial Becoming a Haven for Sex Offenders: Data Jury trial's acquittal rate for alleged sex crimes is significantly higher than bench trial's.
Featured Blue House 7 July 2022 The Blue House Move, One Month Later The hasty move put a strain on the president's support staff while complicating USFK's return of its Yongsan base.
Featured Healthcare 6 July 2022 South Korean Healthcare Treats Cancer on the Cheap: Data Korea has the lowest mortality rate from cancer while having the lowest per capita medical expense.
Featured Newsletter 4 July 2022 TBR Weekly Update: Week 5, June 2022 Yoon Suk-yeol attended the NATO summit, where he faced a steep learning curve.
Featured Bureaucracy 4 July 2022 Yoon Appoints Top Tax Official Without Legislative Hearing This is the first time in South Korean history in which a head of a "Four Institutes of Power" was appointed with a legislative hearing.
Featured Society 1 July 2022 South Korea's First Gay Elected Official Cha Hae-yeong, a bisexual woman, was elected as a district council member in Mapo-gu, Seoul.
Featured Business & Economy 30 June 2022 Ghost of Real Estate Future: Troubled Redevelopment in Dunchon-dong Conservatives won thanks to the sizzling real estate market. What would happen if the market turned?
Featured Liberals 29 June 2022 Why Did Democrats Lose the Presidential Election? Real Estate New study confirmed the prevailing theory: former Democratic supporters withdrew because of real estate issues.
Featured Newsletter 27 June 2022 TBR Weekly Update: Week 4, June 2022 Yoon Suk-yeol administration purged the spy agency while proposing to re-install a dictatorship era bureau to control the police.
Featured Society 27 June 2022 International Students Keep Korean Literature Graduate Programs Afloat: Data Korean students are exiting the major while international students are drawn by Korea's pop culture.
Featured Media 25 June 2022 Land Ministry Can See the Future The ministry issued a press release describing an event in the future with fake quotes. The media was content to repeat them word for word.
