Featured Healthcare 9 April 2025 Chinese Nationals Contribute to National Health Insurance The popular bogeyman was based on incorrect data.
Featured Healthcare 21 March 2024 Few Hearts Bleed for Striking Doctors South Korea’s doctors have achieved the impossible: they appear even more out of touch than the Yoon Suk-yeol administration.
Featured Society 10 November 2023 Meth in Incheon, Cocaine in Daegu: Data Surprisingly high use of drugs, in surprising locations.
COVID-19 23 August 2023 Public Wary of a New COVID Wave: Data Strong majority opposes relaxation of masking requirements.
Featured Healthcare 15 June 2023 Veto of the Nursing Act Makes the Yoon Suk-yeol Administration Yet Another Enemy Horrendous working conditions of South Korean nurses have no relief in sight.
Featured Society 16 March 2023 Low Birth Rate Leads to Rural Extinction The impact of South Korea's record low birth rate is truly felt outside of its major cities.
Featured COVID-19 15 September 2022 Sleepwalking into a COVID Public Health Disaster The Yoon administration still has no Health Minister, and the existing personnel are not up to the task.
Featured Healthcare 6 July 2022 South Korean Healthcare Treats Cancer on the Cheap: Data Korea has the lowest mortality rate from cancer while having the lowest per capita medical expense.
Featured Healthcare 27 April 2022 Privatized Healthcare Fears Rise Following a Court Ruling on For-Profit Hospitals Jeju District Court's ruling may be the first step toward privatizing healthcare over the long term.
Featured COVID-19 3 February 2022 South Korea's Omicron Quandary The politics of Korea's pandemic response will have to change in the face of the variant.
Featured Elections 12 January 2022 Campaign Promise Leads to a Hairy Debate Proposed insurance coverage for hair loss shows Lee Jae-myung's nose for vote-hunting.
Featured Society 29 December 2021 Year in Review 2021: Vaccine Panic and the Rise of the Incels Misinformation and bigotry dominated the headlines of 2021.
Featured COVID-19 26 November 2021 How South Korea Chose Its Pandemic Response The country's excellent response had surprising political challenges.
Featured COVID-19 8 March 2021 Doctors Threaten to Boycott COVID-19 Vaccination to Prevent Losing License After Committing Felony The doctors find it intolerable that they may lose their license after committing murder or sexual assault.
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 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.
Healthcare 8 September 2020 Meme of the Week: "No Thanks to You" Medical students tell the public how they really feel about them.
Healthcare 2 September 2020 Doctors Strike Against More Doctors Help not wanted, even amid the pandemic.
