Featured Society 2 October 2023 Polls About Polls: Data Koreans generally trust surveys, but not the ones about politics.
Featured Business & Economy 29 September 2023 Budget Deficit Leads to Risk of Greater Exchange Rate Volatility The Finance Ministry is using the exchange rate stabilization fund to fill the hole in the budget.
Featured Blue House 28 September 2023 Leaks Upon Leaks: Yoon Suk-yeol’s Incontinent Presidency Sensitive information flowing out of the Office of the President shows Yoon Suk-yeol's weak presidency.
Featured Conservatives 27 September 2023 Conservative Party Chief Calls for Death Penalty Against Liberal Journalists The Yoon Suk-yeol administration continues its assault against the media.
Featured Newsletter 25 September 2023 TBR Weekly Update: Week 3, September 2023 The National Assembly approved the arrest of opposition leader Lee Jae-myung.
Featured Japan 25 September 2023 Overwhelmingly Negative Reaction to Fukushima Radioactive Wastewater Release Majority of conservatives are also concerned about radiation poisoning.
Featured History 22 September 2023 Tokyo Ignores the Kanto Massacre Centennial Yoon Suk-yeol also made no remarks.
Featured History 21 September 2023 Hong Beom-do Bust Controversy: a Right-Wing Brain Rot Yoon Suk-yeol stokes an entirely unnecessary controversy that alienates his own supporters.
Featured Society 20 September 2023 More Women Sign up for Egg Freezing: Data Seoul city government will subsidize the cost of the procedure to boost birth rate.
Featured Newsletter 19 September 2023 TBR Weekly Update: Week 2, September 2023 Kim Jong Un met with Vladimir Putin while prosecutors raided newsrooms. Also: Yoon Suk-yeol’s retrograde cabinet re-shuffle.
Featured Blue House 18 September 2023 The Presidential Office Has No Org Chart Incredible, but also not surprising.
Featured Business & Economy 15 September 2023 Bank of Korea Butts Heads with Financial Supervisory Service FSS head Lee Bok-hyeon, close associate of the president, is pressuring the central bank to keep the interest rate low.
Featured Key Players 14 September 2023 Lee Dong-gwan, Media Enforcer Chief regulator of television news is supposed to be neutral. But not Lee Dong-gwan.
Featured Business & Economy 13 September 2023 Samsung to Re-Join Federation of Korean Industries The move may signal a new era of government commandeering the chaebols.
Featured Newsletter 11 September 2023 TBR Weekly Update: Week 1, September 2023 Yoon Suk-yeol met with China’s PM, while Kim Jong Un weighed a trip to Russia. Also: What the leaky presidential office says about Yoon’s grip on the presidency.
Featured Conservatives 11 September 2023 Justice Ministry Bickers with Judith Butler Butler criticized Han Dong-hun's opposition to same-sex marriage; Han reacted testily.
Featured Society 8 September 2023 Still a Long Way to Go for Gay Rights: Data CEOs and celebrities are acceptable, but not babysitters and school teachers.
Featured Climate Change 7 September 2023 How Climate Change Alters South Korea Tropical fruits grow in the southern parts of Korea while flash floods claim more lives.
Featured Newsletter 4 September 2023 TBR Weekly Update: Week 5, August 2023 The Military Academy waded into a controversy by attempting to remove statutes of independence fighters from its campus. Also: the centennial of the Kanto Massacre.
Featured Blue House 1 September 2023 Welcome to Yongsan Children’s Garden; Your Choices are Yoon Suk-yeol or Blank "What is this, North Korea?"
