Featured Society 22 March 2023 Record High Spending Private Tutoring Cost of education contributes to South Korea's low birth rate.
Featured Business & Economy 10 March 2023 The Visible Hand of Yoon Suk-yeol Administration Yoon's avowed libertarian leanings is but a distant memory.
Featured Business & Economy 3 March 2023 SM Entertainment: Power Struggle at the Fountainhead of K-pop Battle between Kakao and HYBE may well determine the future of K-pop business.
Featured Business & Economy 22 February 2023 Semiconductor Market Craters, Dragging Down South Korea’s Exports Foundry manufacturing is the sole bright spot in otherwise grim times for South Korea's semiconductor production.
Featured Business & Economy 13 February 2023 Will the National Pension Service Survive? South Korea's rapidly graying population pressures the world's second largest pension fund.
Featured Business & Economy 9 February 2023 Coffee in South Korea: Starbucks, Ediya Reign While Mega Challenges South Korea's coffee scene has seen a dramatic improvement in recent years.
Featured Business & Economy 3 February 2023 Mushroom Sales: a Recession Indicator Mushroom, kombu, and paprika sales predict an economic downturn.
Featured Business & Economy 1 February 2023 January 3 Real Estate Plan: a Desperate Bid to Revive the Market Yoon administration removed nearly all regulations designed to prevent speculation in hopes that buyers will return.
Featured Business & Economy 27 January 2023 Serial Deaths of “Villa Kings” Expose the Weakness of the Jeonse System Suspicious demise of highly leveraged real estate holders left thousands of tenants in a bind.
Featured Blue House 18 January 2023 Yoon Administration Proposes 69-hour Work Week The new proposal would allow up to 80.5 hours of work per week.
Featured Business & Economy 13 January 2023 Dunchon-dong Redevelopment Project Subscription Augurs Trouble Anemic demand for new luxury condos signals rough roads ahead for Seoul's real estate market.
Featured Business & Economy 6 January 2023 Credit Crunch Crushes Startups South Korea’s start-up companies are the latest victims of fallout from the Legoland Bond Crisis.
Featured Business & Economy 5 January 2023 In the Truckers’ Strike, the Yoon Suk-yeol Administration Sees Opportunity Crackdown on labor unions is buoying the unpopular administration.
Featured Business & Economy 14 December 2022 FTX Wreckage Washes Ashore in South Korea Busan's ambition to be a crypto hub took a hit.
Featured Business & Economy 7 December 2022 Truckers Strike Again for Minimum Guaranteed Pay Truck drivers are demanding continuation and expansion of the Freight Safety Fee.
Featured Business & Economy 28 November 2022 Coupang Finally Turns Profit After Eight Years After years of terrible labor conditions and decline in share price, Coupang is finally making money.
Featured Business & Economy 21 November 2022 Legoland Bond Crisis Spreads Internationally as Heungkuk Life Rocked Asian Bond Market Heungkuk's Life's non-call of its 30 year bond shook the confidence in Asian bonds generally.
Featured Business & Economy 16 November 2022 Legoland Bond Crisis Continues to Choke off South Korea's Capital Market Yoon Suk-yeol administration demanded the Bank of Korea to print more money. The central bank declined.
Featured Business & Economy 11 November 2022 Lack of Safety Measures at SPC Pastry Factory Kills Worker While the Government Attempts to Roll Back Regulation Industrial accident sparked a mass boycott, but the Yoon administration proposed relaxing the Serious Disasters Act.
Featured Business & Economy 9 November 2022 Legoland Default Levels South Korea's Bond Market Lotte E&C takes an emergency loan of KRW 700b while Seoul's largest redevelopment is at the brink of failure.
