Featured COVID-19 5 January 2021 Crack in the Armor: South Korea’s Pandemic Response Slips in the Third Wave The Korean government has been walking the tightrope of fighting the virus and saving the economy. Now, it is at risk of falling off.
Featured Blue House 4 January 2021 Happy New Year: the Electoral Calendar for 2021 Yun Seok-yeol's emergence as a leading conservative presidential candidate is the trend to watch.
Featured Society 31 December 2020 2020 in Pop Culture: What was Mainstream is Now Niche The old mainstream, rather than fading away, is finding a new lease on life as a vibrant subculture.
Featured Trivia 30 December 2020 Meme of the Year: Stephen Biegun's Genuine Love for Chicken Find a person who loves you like the Deputy Secretary of State loves his chicken.
Op-Ed 29 December 2020 Make Seoul Great Again? Shifting Rationale for Capital Relocation The previous reasons for relocating the administrative capital are becoming less persuasive.
Featured National Assembly 28 December 2020 "The Foundation of Our Society is Changing": Dems Flex Their Legislative Supermajority We summarize the top 20 most important laws out of the 130+ passed in the 2020 legislative session.
Featured China 23 December 2020 Kimchi is Chinese? The Sino-Korean Struggle for Ontological Security The latest online tiff over the historical origins of food signals something more serious.
Featured Business & Economy 22 December 2020 Motorized Scooters to be Regulated, Belatedly Traffic accidents involving motorized scooters have increased 40-fold since 2017.
Featured Newsletter 21 December 2020 TBR Weekly Update: Week 3, December 2020 TBR's last newsletter of 2020 looks back on the year and previews South Korean politics in 2021.
Featured Blue House 21 December 2020 It’s the Real Estate, Stupid: the Moon Jae-in Administration at the Crossroads TBR said in August: “The real estate issue . . . may well define the course of the Moon administration’s remaining two years.” Four months later, here we are.
Featured Society 18 December 2020 Poll: Catholics and Buddhists Popular in South Korea Protestants and Muslims, not as much.
Featured United States 17 December 2020 The Two Koreas Prepare for the Biden Administration South Korea is reaching out the United States, while North Korea is biding its time.
Featured Business & Economy 16 December 2020 World's First eSports TV Station to Shut Down The rise of internet-based video platforms such as Twitch, as well as eSports content created by videogame companies themselves, crowded out OGN’s broadcasts over cable TV.
Featured Newsletter 14 December 2020 TBR Weekly Update: Week 2, December 2020 The Democratic Party passed a huge slate of laws on the last day of the National Assembly regular session, while South Korea’s vaunted COVID-19 response is showing signs of wear.
Featured Society 14 December 2020 Alternative Military Service Begins for Conscientious Objectors Until 2018, South Korea imprisoned those who refused to serve the military duty.
Featured Society 12 December 2020 Freedom to Get Pregnant: Fujita Sayuri’s Single Motherhood The celebrity's decision to having a child without getting married is making waves.
Featured Key Players 11 December 2020 Obituary: George E. Ogle, Pastor who Joined South Korea's Fight for Democracy The Methodist missionary raised international awareness on Park Chung-hee dictatorship's judicial murder.
Featured Op-Ed 10 December 2020 Bridging the Gap: LNG and Korea’s Pursuit of Carbon Neutrality Natural gas helps with South Korea's carbon footprint, but it is not enough.
Recommendations 9 December 2020 Three Cheers for the Foreign Press The foreign correspondents in South Korea are dropping the orientalist routine.
Featured Newsletter 7 December 2020 TBR Weekly Update: Week 1, December 2020 The bruising battle with Seoul's real estate market is the Moon Jae-in administration's greatest challenge.
