Business & Economy 5 March 2021 LG Chem Defeats SK Innovation in the EV Battery Duel in the US Court The two South Korean giants of EV batteries have been litigating each other in the United States.
Featured Key Players 4 March 2021 Moon Chung-in: South Korean Liberals’ Most Important Pyongyangologist Moon advised all three of South Korea's liberal presidents and is likely to continue should there be a fourth one.
Featured Liberals 3 March 2021 Poll: Park Yeong-seon Leading in the Seoul Mayor Race Ahn Cheol-su's lead in the Seoul mayor race is no more.
Featured Newsletter 1 March 2021 TBR Weekly Update: Week 4, February 2021 South Korean politicos debated the merits of a universal basic income, while the Justice Party started losing its bearings.
Featured Society 1 March 2021 If You Build It: Seoul Mayors’ Infrastructure Projects Seoul landscape changes constantly with its mayor's political ambition.
Featured Conservatives 26 February 2021 Conservatives’ Aimless Attack on ‘Nuclear Zero’ Nuclear power is not exactly a populist issue, but the conservatives are trying to make it into one.
Featured Conservatives 25 February 2021 About Face: Conservatives Now in Favor of the New Airport in Busan While Some Continue to Hold Out Support for liberals in the Busan area has been surging since they proposed the new airport.
Featured Starter Kit 24 February 2021 Starter Kit: a Brief History of Primaries in South Korea The inter-party election to select the candidates who would run in the final election is a recent feature in Korean politics, and is localized in a peculiar way.
Featured Newsletter 22 February 2021 TBR Weekly Update: Week 3, February 2021 Politics are threatening to derail the COVID-19 vaccination program, and what young liberal voters want.
Society 22 February 2021 First Government Recommendation in Favor of Transgender Right in the Military Staff Sergeant Byeon Hee-su 변희수 was discharged after undergoing a gender transition procedure.
Featured Society 20 February 2021 “Outsourcing Death”: the Plight of the Workers in the Pandemic Tech Era Sorting boxes in the subscription economy comes at the cost of lives.
Featured National Assembly 19 February 2021 Justice Party in Disarray The minor leftist party is mired in sexual harassment and illegal termination scandals.
Featured Liberals 18 February 2021 Let Busan Fly: the Democrats' Southeastern Strategy The liberals' relentless pursuit of Busan voters is dividing the conservatives.
Featured Newsletter 16 February 2021 TBR Weekly Update: Week 2, February 2021 Happy Lunar New Year! Our look at Seoul's infrastructure projects, and the profile of Moon Chung-in.
Business & Economy 16 February 2021 Poll: South Korean Public Divided on Samsung Heir Prison Term Sympathy for Lee Jae-yong was split along the partisan line.
Featured Liberals 15 February 2021 Is Lee Jae-myung the New Favorite to be the Next President? The Gyeonggi-do Province Governor is building a strong lead in the polls, but don't sleep on the third option.
Featured Key Players 12 February 2021 Poll: Jeong Se-gyun Rising as the Liberals' Third Option for the President The liberal voters may still be searching for options beyond the two leaders.
Featured Key Players 11 February 2021 Kang Kyung-wha's Valedictorian Departure The trailblazing Foreign Minister exits the stage.
Featured Business & Economy 10 February 2021 LG Looking to Quit the Smartphone Business An ignominious end for the company that once led the cellphone trend as recently as mid-2000s.
Featured Newsletter 8 February 2021 TBR Weekly Update: Week 1, February 2021 Conservatives' obsession with nuclear power, and the wild world of South Korean style primary elections.