
Jennifer Sciubba: Why Busan’s Future Needs More Than Crisis Thinking
What happens when a city keeps building, but its future doesn’t arrive—and what a leading demographer says we should ask next.
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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.

Despite renewed public investment in transit infrastructure, Busan continues to face mounting housing oversupply and demographic stagnation.

South Korea’s high school credit system promised flexibility and student choice. But staffing gaps, grading flaws, and private consulting are undermining reform.

Busan’s new 77km cycling event, the 2025 Seven Bridges Tour, will take riders across sea bridges, tunnels, and coastal roads on September 21.

As AI becomes a quiet co-author in South Korea’s school evaluations, universities are asking a new question: is this a teacher’s voice—or a machine’s?

Busan will begin a 5.6 billion-won public design project along a 1.2km stretch of Dadaepo Beach in 2025.

Busan has launched a pilot program for Level 3 autonomous buses along a 10.4 km BRT corridor, limited to night hours and supervised operation.

Busan opens the ‘Mulmeong Lounge’ at Korea Maritime and Ocean University, a key part of its workation center initiative.

Busan is investing in high-tech fulfillment centers with promises of jobs and growth. But behind the numbers, labor is becoming more fragile, fragmented—and increasingly invisible.

From July 15 to 17, Busan will host the 2025 K-ICT WEEK at BEXCO, bringing together 178 companies, public agencies, and research institutions across 409 booths.

The British private school Royal Russell is set to open its first international campus in Busan’s Myeongji International City by August 2028.
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