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Busan newsMar 11, 2026· 8 min read

Gadeokdo New Airport Wins Rail Approval, but Not a Dedicated Line

The 6.58-kilometer connector advances airport access through the Busan New Port corridor, but stops short of creating a dedicated airport railway.

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Busan newsMar 10, 2026· 8 min read

When Eating Alone Becomes the City’s Problem

The university cafeterias of Busan have shown that cheap meals can restore everyday eating habits. What remains unclear is how a city built around solitary living can sustain those habits outside campus walls.

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National NewsMar 11, 2026· 23 min read

Abolishing South Korea’s Prosecution Service May Not End Prosecutorial Power

Draft laws to abolish the prosecution service promise a historic break with concentrated prosecutorial power, but unresolved warrant authority, supplemental investigation rules and inter-agency transfer mechanisms could preserve old leverage in a new legal structure.

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National NewsFeb 20, 2026· 9 min read

When Judicial Language Obscures Legal Reasoning

As court decisions circulate through digital research systems and shape future precedent, disciplined reasoning becomes more than professional habit. It becomes a condition of institutional reliability.

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Opinion

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OpinionFeb 25, 2026· 11 min read

Can South Korea Prevent AI From Becoming an Elite Monopoly?

Artificial intelligence is concentrating power at infrastructure speed. The contest now is whether democratic states can diffuse its gains before consolidation becomes systemic.

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OpinionJan 22, 2026· 13 min read

AI Is Changing Study Faster Than Schools Can Adapt

Generative AI has entered students’ daily routines, but exams, curricula, and national policy remain anchored in pre-AI assumptions.

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Politics

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PoliticsMar 5, 2026· 20 min read

Who Learns From War

AI systems are entering the core of military planning. U.S. operations against Iranian-linked targets reveal how intelligence analysis, targeting decisions, and operational data now flow through platforms built jointly by the Pentagon and private technology companies.

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PoliticsJan 28, 2026· 5 min read

Trump Uses Tariff Threats to Pressure South Korea Investment Deal

President Donald Trump warned that tariffs on South Korean exports could be raised without taking formal policy action. The warning shifted attention to how compliance under a long-term investment agreement is judged, with tariff pressure applied through interpretation rather than enforcement.

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Economy

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EconomyFeb 24, 2026· 6 min read

KOSPI at 6,000: Can Korea’s AI Boom Deliver a Structural Rerating?

KOSPI nears 6,000 on AI memory gains. Will Commercial Act reforms and treasury-share cancellations cut the Korea discount and keep foreign inflows?

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EconomyFeb 16, 2026· 8 min read

The structural risks of an economy anchored in property appreciation

With most household wealth embedded in real estate and mortgage exposure anchoring the banking sector, policy changes ripple through the economy like monetary shocks. The risk is not collapse but gradual stagnation.

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Business

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BusinessFeb 11, 2026· 8 min read

How Subscriptions Reshaped Everyday Spending in South Korea

In South Korea, subscriptions now reach far beyond entertainment, spanning streaming services, shopping memberships, appliance rentals and AI tools. Together, they have become a structural part of daily life, steadily lifting the baseline cost of participation, especially for younger consumers.

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BusinessDec 15, 2025· 7 min read

Why the Market Didn’t Punish Coupang

A data breach affecting more than 33 million accounts failed to drive users away from Coupang, revealing how speed has become the default condition of everyday consumption.

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Sustainability

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SustainabilityDec 9, 2025· 26 min read

Busan Builds a Smart City as Its Estuary Unravels

A smart-city district on the Nakdonggang River sits on land that once buffered Korea’s largest estuary. Its construction reveals how a national water corporation became a developer.

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SustainabilityNov 18, 2025· 21 min read

The Silent Privatization of Busan’s Urban Scenery

Busan’s skyline soared upward while its public horizons quietly receded. Beaches, ridges, and memorial landscapes now stand at the edge of a slow transformation—one in which the view itself becomes a form of private ownership, and silence becomes the city’s most powerful development tool.

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Technology

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TechnologyMar 8, 2026· 10 min read

AI, White-Collar Work, and the Uncertain Future of Income

White-collar work is not disappearing overnight. Instead, entire professions are being reorganized into automated production, human verification, and algorithmic supervision.

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TechnologyFeb 6, 2026· 5 min read

Memory Placement and the Hidden Economics of AI Devices

AI’s next phase is shaped less by smarter models than by where memory lives and how much it costs to keep close

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Discover

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DiscoverJan 11, 2026· 12 min read

The Return of Poetry in the Age of AI

Generative AI has standardized language and accelerated communication. Poetry and difficult texts have returned as tools for reclaiming interiority and thought.

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DiscoverSep 29, 2025· 10 min read

Reading Korean: Why Hangul Fluency Hides a Growing Literacy Crisis

Korean students read Hangul with ease yet struggle with meaning. COVID widened gaps, but systemic flaws now drive a lasting literacy crisis.

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Wellness

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WellnessDec 12, 2025· 18 min read

The Two Lives of Korean Food

Ultra-processed foods carry Korea’s culinary identity across borders, while the traditional meals that built its reputation fade from daily life. The marketplace moves quickly; health follows slowly behind.

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WellnessOct 25, 2025· 5 min read

Korea’s Prescription Monopoly Faces Its Data Reckoning

Exclusive prescribing rights protected physicians’ autonomy but eroded accountability. Two decades later, policymakers and ethicists are redefining medical authority in the data age.

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Psychology

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PsychologyJan 16, 2026· 11 min read

Do We Even Know What We Want Anymore?

Selection pressure in algorithmic environments resembles evolutionary dynamics more than cultural discourse.

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PsychologyAug 17, 2025· 6 min read

The Hidden Danger of ‘Always-Agreeable’ AI in Mental Health Support

AI chatbots’ unconditional empathy may feel comforting, but experts warn it can worsen mental health for vulnerable users unless corrective feedback is built in.

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MICE

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MICENov 2, 2025· 4 min read

BISFE 2025 to Spotlight Smart Aquaculture and Sustainable Trade in Busan

As global fisheries move toward automated and eco-friendly production, Busan’s international seafood expo aims to bridge traditional fishing culture with emerging marine technologies.

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MICESep 21, 2025· 5 min read

Trump–Xi Meeting Hangs Over Gyeongju APEC Summit

APEC returns to Korea for the first time since 2005. The Gyeongju summit is billed as an economic forum, but U.S.–China competition, Trump’s policies, and North Korea’s shadow may turn it into a stage for geopolitics.

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Entertainment

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EntertainmentAug 8, 2025· 7 min read

Korean Jjimjilbangs: Global Fame, Local Decline

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.

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EntertainmentJun 22, 2025· 9 min read

The City, the Mirror, the Self: A Phenomenology of Identity in Our Unwritten Seoul

Our Unwritten Seoul offers something rare: a story not of transformation, but of unraveling. By following twin sisters who exchange lives, the drama dismantles the myth of fixed identity.

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Local News

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Local NewsDec 3, 2025· 12 min read

Sacheon Hosts the Space Agency, but Seoul Still Makes the Decisions

Korea placed its headquarters in the south, but authority, engineering and launch operations remain divided. Without structural change, the new hub cannot guide the national program.

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Foreign Students Trapped in Korea’s Failing Universities

Local NewsJun 26, 2025· 4 min read

PhilosophyJan 7, 2026· 9 min read

Venezuela, Greenland, and the Moment Law Fell Behind Power

The postwar order was built on a simple expectation: force would wait for law. In 2026, that expectation no longer holds.

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Abolishing South Korea’s Prosecution Service May Not End Prosecutorial Power

Gadeokdo New Airport Wins Rail Approval, but Not a Dedicated Line

When Eating Alone Becomes the City’s Problem

Gadeokdo New Airport Wins Rail Approval, but Not a Dedicated Line

When Eating Alone Becomes the City’s Problem

Abolishing South Korea’s Prosecution Service May Not End Prosecutorial Power

When Judicial Language Obscures Legal Reasoning

Can South Korea Prevent AI From Becoming an Elite Monopoly?