Next Sohee Exposes Labor Exploitation And Emotional Stress In The Korean Workplace

Busan hosts the 2025 Busan Heritage Night on Aug. 15–16, with night tours, performances, and media art at historic Pier 1 and UNESCO-listed wartime heritage sites.

Building a giant airport on the sea—politics may be a bigger challenge than the engineering. At the crossroads of past failures and successes, Gadeokdo’s fate is taking shape.

As the Arctic warms, Busan positions itself as a key Northern Sea Route hub with port upgrades, legal infrastructure, and targeted investment plans.

In many new Korean towns, parks are plentiful and sidewalks wide — yet car-oriented design makes driving the default, reducing daily walking.

On screen, Korea’s bathhouses glow with warmth and color. In reality, many are closing their doors, caught between nostalgia at home and novelty abroad.

Smart farms promise steady harvests, but without renewable power, shared infrastructure, and sustainable business models, the technology may not withstand the very climate shocks it is meant to defeat.

Busan has named eight winners of its 2025 Architecture Awards, honoring designs that reflect the city’s coastal identity and community spirit.

Busan’s DOMOHEON, once a mayoral residence, has drawn over 300,000 visitors in under a year—now a thriving public space of gardens, culture, and history.

Four historic districts at the heart of Busan are losing people, schools, and purpose. Now, the city faces a difficult question: can they find a future together?

Algorithms assign the tasks. Platforms reap the value. But the human presence behind labor is fading from legal, social, and existential view.

On August 5, 2025, Busan formally launched the Suyeong Police Station, completing a decades-long process to install dedicated law enforcement facilities in each of the city’s sixteen administrative districts.

A 2024 revision of Korea's regenerative medicine law widened access to experimental treatments, but left critical oversight structures incomplete — exposing both patients and insurers to risk.