Featured Newsletter 24 May 2021 TBR Weekly Update: Week 3, May 2021 Moon Jae-in and Joe Biden open a new chapter of ROK-US alliance; remembering the Gwangju Democracy Movement.
Featured Society 24 May 2021 Incels Call for Boycotts of Companies Using Hidden Hand Gesture in Advertisements It's as absurd as it sounds.
Featured Key Players 21 May 2021 Obituary: Cardinal Jeong Jin-seok Nicolao, South Korea's Second-Ever Cardinal Approximately 8% of South Koreans are Catholics, including President Moon Jae-in Timoteo.
Featured Starter Kit 20 May 2021 Starter Kit: The Inner Pipework of the Blue House The vast organization within the Office of the President acts as the president's lever for his or her government.
Featured Conservatives 19 May 2021 Former Conservative Leader Confirms Park Geun-hye's Plan for Martial Law Kim Mu-seong also said conservative lawmakers advised Park to resign, but she refused to step down.
Featured Newsletter 17 May 2021 TBR Weekly Update: Week 2, May 2021 The major parties are gearing up for the presidential election, now less than 300 days away.
Featured Business & Economy 17 May 2021 Deceased Samsung Chairman's Estate Donates Money and Artwork While Consolidating Family Control Lee Kun-hee's family divided his stock holdings to consolidate corporate control for his son Lee Jae-yong.
Featured Climate Change 15 May 2021 Climate Change Threatens the Sea Women "I'm finding more golf balls than sea cucumbers now."
Featured COVID-19 14 May 2021 Pandemic Economy Hits Married Women Closure of schools took away the free childcare, impacting married women.
Featured Conservatives 13 May 2021 The Rise of the Incels Conservative pundit Lee Jun-seok is emerging as the spokesman of the sexists.
Featured History 12 May 2021 Remembering the Sabuk Resistance of 1980 The lesser-known incident of state violence was the precursor to the Gwangju Democracy Movement.
Featured Newsletter 10 May 2021 TBR Weekly Update: Week 1, May 2021 The slow news week could have been an opportunity to elevate the discourse, but South Korea's media chose sensationalism instead.
Featured Business & Economy 10 May 2021 Namyang Dairy Pumps and Dumps The embattled dairy company claimed its yogurt could cure COVID-19 and faced a blowback.
Business & Economy 7 May 2021 Louis Vuitton and Chanel the Big Winners in South Korea’s Luxury Market Pandemic-related "revenge consumption" boosted the luxury market.
Featured Starter Kit 6 May 2021 Introduction to South Korea's Judicial System South Korea has a legal system that is largely based on Civil Law with some US law characteristics.
Featured Business & Economy 5 May 2021 Ssangyong Motors Bankrupt Again South Korea's fourth largest automaker fell into bankruptcy a decade after the last restructuring.
Featured Newsletter 3 May 2021 TBR Weekly Update: Week 4, April 2021 Lee Kun-hee donates his art collection. Our overview of the people who run the Blue House.
Featured Media 3 May 2021 Youn Yuh-jung: Oscar Winner Laughs the Last Youn is the rarest sight in Korean show business: an older actress who refuses to be pigeonholed.
Featured National Security 1 May 2021 South Korea Unveils First Unit of Domestically Produced Fighter Jet KF-21 Boramae adds to South Korea's fifth largest air force in the world.