Featured Liberals 3 March 2021 Poll: Park Yeong-seon Leading in the Seoul Mayor Race Ahn Cheol-su's lead in the Seoul mayor race is no more.
Featured Society 1 March 2021 If You Build It: Seoul Mayors’ Infrastructure Projects Photo: Dongdaemun Design Plaza. Credit: VisitSeoul.net. In many ways, the mayoral election for Seoul 서울 is unlike any other. The term “mayor” almost understates the position’s stature, as few other cities in the world have the combination of size and relative importance within the country. Twenty percent of
Featured Conservatives 26 February 2021 Conservatives’ Aimless Attack on ‘Nuclear Zero’ Nuclear power is not exactly a populist issue, but the conservatives are trying to make it into one.
Featured Conservatives 25 February 2021 About Face: Conservatives Now in Favor of the New Airport in Busan While Some Continue to Hold Out Support for liberals in the Busan area has been surging since they proposed the new airport.
Featured Starter Kit 24 February 2021 Starter Kit: a Brief History of Primaries in South Korea The inter-party election to select the candidates who would run in the final election is a recent feature in Korean politics, and is localized in a peculiar way.
Featured Liberals 18 February 2021 Let Busan Fly: the Democrats' Southeastern Strategy The liberals' relentless pursuit of Busan voters is dividing the conservatives.
Featured Conservatives 5 February 2021 Supreme Court Finalizes 22 Years in Prison for Park Geun-hye President Moon Jae-in rejected the call for pardoning Park.
Featured Key Players 27 January 2021 Ahn Cheol-su's Politics of Apathy Ahn continues to find political life among those who detest politics.
Featured Blue House 18 January 2021 Polls Galore: TBR's Round-Up of All the Year End 2020 Polls A look into the favored next president and Seoul/Busan mayors.
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 Breaking News 24 November 2020 Breaking News Analysis: Ministry of Justice Suspends the Supreme Prosecutor This is the first time in South Korean history that the Justice Minister suspended the Supreme Prosecutor from duty.
Featured Conservatives 21 November 2020 Lee Myung-bak's End of the Road: Imprisoned and Alone The Supreme Court finalized the 17-year prison sentence of the former president.
Featured Conservatives 13 November 2020 Supreme Prosecutor Yun Seok-yeol Eyes Politics Yun is already a leader among potential conservatives for the next presidential candidate.
Featured Key Players 16 October 2020 Kim Jong-in: Can the Most Interesting Man in Politics Save the Conservatives? The path of this blue-blooded politician has been a most unusual one.
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 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 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.
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.
Key Players 3 September 2020 Jeon Gwang-hun: the Firebrand Conservative Pastor who Went (Literally) Viral On the streets of Seoul, Pastor Jeon Gwang-hun is the de facto conservative leader.
Featured Business & Economy 25 August 2020 Defusing the South Korea’s Jeonse Time Bomb South Korea’s unique method of housing lease that acts as an unregulated capital market.
