Featured Newsletter 20 December 2021 TBR Weekly Update: Week 3, December 2021 TBR's last newsletter of the year looks back on 2021.
Featured Conservatives 20 December 2021 Lee Jun-seok's Day Off The young chairman of the People Power Party eventually mended fences with the presidential candidate Yun Seok-yeol, but embers remain.
Featured Society 17 December 2021 Gangwon-do Province Revitalized: Data The mountainous province is recently seeing an influx of new residents.
Featured History 16 December 2021 Chun Doo-hwan's Dark Legacy The deceased military dictator's evil deeds go well past the massacre in Gwangju.
Featured Business & Economy 15 December 2021 Real Estate Taxes Blues Played on the World's Tiniest Violin Having low property tax relative to the peer countries doesn't stop wealthy Koreans from complaining loudly about it.
Featured Newsletter 13 December 2021 TBR Weekly Update: Week 2, December 2021 A look at the political risk posed by the presidential candidates' spouses.
Featured Society 13 December 2021 Twentieth Anniversary of the National Human Rights Commission Despite the waxing and waning of its authority, the NHRC has been a key force in protecting human rights.
Featured Society 10 December 2021 The Cost of Sexism: Between One-Quarter and One-Third of Income New paper isolated the impact of "pure" misogyny on women's income.
Featured Liberals 9 December 2021 The Power of the Purse: Finance Ministry in the Crosshairs Democratic presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung seeks to distinguish himself by taking aim at the Finance Ministry.
Featured Business & Economy 8 December 2021 Naver Selects a 40 Year Old Woman as Its New CEO Choi Su-yeon will lead 120 executives, only six of whom are younger than she is.
Featured Newsletter 6 December 2021 TBR Weekly Update: Week 1, December 2021 People Power Party chairman Lee Jun-seok decides to take a day off. China supported the end of war declaration for the Korean War.
Featured Society 6 December 2021 Suwon KT Wiz Wins the Korean Series The expansion team won its first championship by sweeping through the playoffs, not losing a single game.
Featured Society 3 December 2021 South Korea's Rural Areas Adapt to Immigrants Immigrants from South and Southeast Asia are increasingly becoming the backbone of Korea's farmlands.
Featured Foreign Policy 2 December 2021 The Foreign Policy Brain Trust of the Presidential Candidates If personnel is policy, we have a good view on what each candidate wants.
Featured Japan 1 December 2021 South Korea Wants Better Korea-Japan Relations: Data The feeling is less than mutual, however.
Featured Newsletter 29 November 2021 TBR Weekly Update: Week 4, November 2021 Yun Seok-yeol's convention effect fades as Lee Jae-myung gains. Remembering the dark legacy of dictator Chun Doo-hwan.
Featured Media 29 November 2021 Yonhap Receives "Death Penalty" from Major Portal Sites The wire service was penalized after publishing thousands of ads masquerading as news articles.
Featured COVID-19 26 November 2021 How South Korea Chose Its Pandemic Response The country's excellent response had surprising political challenges.
Featured Elections 25 November 2021 The Stage is Set: Presidential Election Viewer's Guide Four storylines to watch in the race.