Apt Rose And Bruno Mars Revive A Fading Korean Tradition

A telecom giant, a cultural platform, and a state-backed financial guarantor—all paralyzed by basic cyberattacks. The real problem isn’t cutting-edge hackers. It’s a security culture that lags far behind the systems it’s meant to protect.

While developers tout “premium units” and local media cheer on the crowds, more than 5,000 unsold homes sit vacant—and thousands of residents are quietly leaving.

On September 21, more than 3,000 riders will take part in the first Seven Bridges Tour: Riding in Busan—a non-competitive event.

The City of Busan has selected a consortium led by HJ Heavy Industries as the preferred bidder for the modernization of the Busan Cooperative Fish Market.

Busan has been selected to host the 2028 World Championship of Magic, following a decisive vote by the Fédération Internationale des Sociétés Magiques (FISM). The event will bring over 3,000 magicians and 200,000 visitors to the city in July 2028.

In South Korea, the path to prestige increasingly runs through medical school. Despite a national push to lead in artificial intelligence, semiconductors, and advanced robotics, the country’s brightest students are opting for stethoscopes over circuit boards.

The Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries has confirmed its full relocation to Dong-gu, Busan, marking the return of central government presence to the city’s original administrative district.

South Korea has cleared a major hurdle for the Busan–Yangsan–Ulsan metropolitan railway, approving a 47.6 km light rail corridor that will link the country’s southeastern cities in under an hour.

Despite two decades of stalled development, Busan is launching another industrial complex in Gijang-gun. Officials promise integrated housing and livability — but the project’s structure and geography suggest a repeat of the same failed playbook.

President Trump’s revived push for sweeping tariffs and increased defense cost-sharing has placed U.S. alliances in Asia back under pressure.

What happens when a city keeps building, but its future doesn’t arrive—and what a leading demographer says we should ask next.

In a second consecutive year of full selection, Busan has secured national funding to restore aging, low-income neighborhoods not by rebuilding them from scratch, but by reinforcing what remains.