History 8 February 2021 The Torture Death that Sparked South Korea’s Democratization Park Jong-cheol was 22 when he perished in Seoul's black site.
Featured Conservatives 5 February 2021 Supreme Court Finalizes 22 Years in Prison for Park Geun-hye President Moon Jae-in rejected the call for pardoning Park.
Featured Key Players 4 February 2021 Kim Eo-jun: South Korea's Most Important Political Pundit The bushy haired podcaster has been the leader of young Koreans who abandoned the traditional media.
Featured COVID-19 3 February 2021 Celltrion on Its Way to Coronavirus Cure Celltrion is the largest South Korean pharmaceutical company by market cap.
Featured Newsletter 1 February 2021 TBR Weekly Update: Week 4, January 2021 Liberals suddenly started making headway in the Busan mayoral election with their promise for a new international airport that is dividing the conservatives. TBR examines the new tech underclass: the overworked logistics workers who are exposed to death and injury.
Featured North Korea 1 February 2021 False Charge of Espionage Against a North Korean Defector Disproven The conservative Park Geun-hye administration ran campaign of fabricated charges against North Korean defectors.
Featured Business & Economy 29 January 2021 Significant Increase in Penalty for Industrial Disasters South Korea had the highest death rate from industrial accidents in the OECD for 23 years in a row.
Featured COVID-19 28 January 2021 KAIST Develops World's First Mobile Negative Pressure Clinic The entire module with four chambers can be deployed in 15 minutes.
Featured Key Players 27 January 2021 Ahn Cheol-su's Politics of Apathy Ahn continues to find political life among those who detest politics.
Featured Newsletter 25 January 2021 TBR Weekly Update: Week 3, January 2021 The Democratic field for the next president is shifted in favor of Lee Jae-myung although a third man may be waiting in the wings.
Featured Business & Economy 25 January 2021 Record Estate Tax Likely to Trigger Samsung Restructuring Lee Kun-hee's KRW 12t estate tax bill will likely push the founding family to sell their stakes.
Featured Society 22 January 2021 Shocking Number of Deaths for Migrant Workers Migrant farm hands perish at an alarming rate, especially during South Korea's bitter winter.
Featured Blue House 21 January 2021 Moon Jae-in's Fifth Year: Can He Stick the Landing? The president is in a better position than his predecessors, but South Korean politics is where best laid plans go to waste.
Featured Business & Economy 20 January 2021 South Korea’s Pandemic Economy: a G7 Powerhouse Optimized for the COVID Era Korea had more top 100 companies for 2020 than any other country except US and China.
Featured Newsletter 18 January 2021 TBR Weekly Update: Week 2, January 2021 Get to know South Korea's most important political pundit.
Featured Blue House 18 January 2021 Polls Galore: TBR's Round-Up of All the Year End 2020 Polls A look into the favored next president and Seoul/Busan mayors.
Featured Society 15 January 2021 Social Distancing Strands Runaways Yet another way in which the COVID-19 prevention measures have fallen on the socially vulnerable.
Featured Liberals 14 January 2021 Beg Your Pardon? Lee Nak-yeon Makes His Move The Democratic Party Chairman Thinks Pardoning the Conservative Presidents Could be His Signature Issue.
United States 13 January 2021 Poll: US-ROK Alliance Still Very Popular For all the talk about the strained relationship between the United States and South Korea, Koreans are still overwhelmingly in favor of the alliance.
Featured Newsletter 11 January 2021 TBR Weekly Update: Week 1, January 2021 Moon Jae-in is entering his final full year of his term. The first TBR newsletter of 2021 is supersized.
