Featured Business & Economy 3 April 2023 South Korea's Current Account Deficit Hits Record Massive deficit in export is depleting South Korea's balance.
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.