Featured Newsletter 21 October 2025 TBR Weekly Update: Week 3, October 2025 South Korea drew one step closer to nuclear armament. Also: troubled times in Cambodia.
Featured Newsletter 14 October 2025 TBR Weekly Update: Week 2, October 2025 Preparations for the APEC summit continue, as Seoul reconsiders its relationship with Beijing.
Featured Newsletter 30 September 2025 TBR Weekly Update: Week 4, September 2025 The National Assembly eliminated the Public Prosecutors’ Office. Also: a primer on South Korea, Israel, and Palestine.
Featured Newsletter 23 September 2025 TBR Weekly Update: Week 3, September 2025 The leader of the Unification Church cult was detained, while Lee Jae-myung traveled to the United Nations.
Featured Newsletter 16 September 2025 TBR Weekly Update: Week 2, September 2025 Lee Jae-myung marked off his first 100 days as president. Also: lawfare comes to the judiciary.
Featured Newsletter 9 September 2025 TBR Weekly Update: Week 1, September 2025 United States immigration authorities raided a Hyundai plant in Georgia, while the Speaker of the Assembly attended a military parade in China.
Featured Newsletter 2 September 2025 TBR Weekly Update: Week 4, August 2025 The Unification Church’s connections to politics came to light.
Featured Newsletter 26 August 2025 TBR Weekly Update: Week 3, August 2025 Lee Jae-myung toured Japan and the United States.
Featured Newsletter 19 August 2025 TBR Weekly Update: Week 2, August 2025 South Korea marked the 80th anniversary of Liberation Day, and Cho Kuk returned to politics.
Featured Newsletter 12 August 2025 TBR Weekly Update: Week 1, August 2025 Lee Jae-myung held a summit meeting with Vietnam’s leader To Lam.
Featured Newsletter 5 August 2025 TBR Weekly Update: Week 5, July 2025 South Korea and the United States entered into a new tariff deal, as Koreans reconsider the nature of the alliance.
Featured Newsletter 29 July 2025 TBR Weekly Update: Week 4, July 2025 Lee Jae-myung’s cabinet appointments encountered friction.
Featured Newsletter 17 July 2025 TBR Weekly Update: Week 2, July 2025 Special prosecutors uncovered more shocking details of Yoon Suk-yeol’s misrule.
Featured Newsletter 8 July 2025 TBR Weekly Update: Week 1, July 2025 The National Assembly passed an economic stimulus plan. Also: What Lee Jae-myung’s real estate policy tells us about his governing style.
Featured Newsletter 30 June 2025 TBR Weekly Update: Week 4, June 2025 Lee Jae-myung made more cabinet level appointments. Also: an unexpected turn for the better in relations with Japan?
Featured Newsletter 24 June 2025 TBR Weekly Update: Week 3, June 2025 Lee Jae-myung skipped the NATO summit and made cabinet level appointments.
Featured Newsletter 16 June 2025 TBR Weekly Update: Week 2, June 2025 Lee Jae-myung appointed special prosecutors and left for the G7 summit.
Featured Newsletter 9 June 2025 TBR Weekly Update: Week 1, June 2025 The Lee Jae-myung administration hit the ground running.
Featured Newsletter 3 June 2025 TBR Weekly Update: Week 4, May 2025 Lee Jae-myung was elected as the 21st president of the Republic of Korea.
Featured Newsletter 27 May 2025 TBR Weekly Update: Week 3, May 2025 The presidential election is one week away.
