Featured Key Players 3 October 2020 Lee vs. Lee: Jostling for 2022 With conservatives in disarray, the two leading liberal candidates may be the main competition for the 2022 presidential election.
Featured Media 2 October 2020 Twice in a Row, Conservative Media Targets the Justice Minister’s Family Vigilance over influence-peddling is necessary, but why do only the children of Justice Ministers receive scrutiny?
Featured Business & Economy 1 October 2020 KFTC Enforcement is Coming for Google, Netflix, and Other Online Platforms Korea Fair Trade Commission is one of the world's most active antitrust regulators.
Featured Key Players 30 September 2020 Im Eun-jeong: Maverick Woman Prosecutor is the Prosecutors’ Office Watchdog Im emerged as a leading internal critic of the Supreme Prosecutor Yun Seok-yeol.
Featured Newsletter 28 September 2020 TBR Weekly Update: Week 4, September 2020 North Korea murdered a South Korean civil servant who attempted to defect; Chuseok holidays are here, and BTS gave a speech at the UN.
Featured COVID-19 28 September 2020 Corona Blues: Suicide Trends Take a Turn for the Worse The pandemic is particularly affecting the mental health of young women.
Featured Conservatives 25 September 2020 Conservatives Re-brand as the People Power Party In South Korean politics, the frequency of a party’s name change reflects the extent of the trouble they are in. By that measure, South Korea’s conservatives are in deep trouble.
Featured Breaking News 24 September 2020 Breaking News Analysis: North Korea Kills and Burns the Body of a Defecting South Korean Official The barbaric killing will inevitably damage the Moon administration's inter-Korean agenda, but is unlikely to make a lasting impact in the domestic politics.
Featured Business & Economy 23 September 2020 Inequality in the Times of COVID-19 The pandemic's economic impact is landing disproportionately on the women, children and the poor.
Featured Newsletter 21 September 2020 TBR Weekly Update: Week 3, September 2020 The Moon administration bent the curve once again, but the chuseok holidays and conservative rallies are looming.
Business & Economy 21 September 2020 Contactless Kiosks are the New Digital Divide Photo: Unmanned kiosk ordering system in McDonald's in Seoul.Credit: The Blue Roof. Hankook Research 한국리서치 conducted an in-depth survey [https://hrcopinion.co.kr/archives/16318] of Koreans’ attitudes toward digital devices. South Korea is among the world’s most high tech societies, with 99.7% of the
Featured Healthcare 17 September 2020 Young Doctors Run Toward a Blind Alley South Korea may produce fewer than 100 doctors next year as a result of the doctors' strike.
Business & Economy 15 September 2020 New Initiative for Service Industry Exports Six promising service industries are selected for export promotion.
Featured Newsletter 14 September 2020 TBR Weekly Update: Week 2, September 2020 As the intra-party race for the next presidency is taking shape, the new coronavirus economic relief package is becoming a flash point for Lee Nak-yeon and Lee Jae-myung.
Buzzword 14 September 2020 Buzzword: Rice Bowl Fight An ugly, unseemly kind of struggle over money and livelihood
Featured Conservatives 10 September 2020 Can Conservatives and Evangelicals Quit Each Other? With the controversial pastor being blamed for the second wave of COVID-19 outbreak, the conservatives are running for cover.
Business & Economy 9 September 2020 Korean Consumer Electronics: Wired to Wireless More wireless devices are entering Koreans' everyday lives.
Healthcare 8 September 2020 Meme of the Week: "No Thanks to You" Medical students tell the public how they really feel about them.
Featured Newsletter 7 September 2020 TBR Weekly Update: Week 1, September 2020 South Korea’s conservatives are attempting to re-brand as People Power Party, but they find themselves out of power without the people's support.
Featured Starter Kit 6 September 2020 South Korea's Political Parties: the Basics Because political parties change their names frequently, it is easier to understand South Korean politics by referring to the continuous political streams rather than focusing on names.
