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"The Features Team produces in-depth, long-form stories, offering thorough investigations and narratives on issues that impact societies worldwide, beyond the headlines."

Features Team

The Features Team produces in-depth, long-form stories, offering thorough investigations and narratives on issues that impact societies worldwide, beyond the headlines.

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The Archive

84 Publications

Why the Winter Olympics Feels Less Visible in South Korea

Exclusive broadcasting rights, failed sublicensing talks, and the limits of universal access rules have reshaped how the Games reach the public.

Feb 4, 20267 min read

By Features Team

When Housing Holds and Life Retreats

Elementary schools remain open in Seoul’s most expensive districts even as births fall. In Busan, rising property values coincide with school closures—revealing how South Korea’s cities manage demographic decline through exclusion and fragmentation.

Feb 2, 20266 min read

By Features Team

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.

Jan 28, 20265 min read

By Features Team

The Structural Split Between Seoul and Busan’s Housing Markets

The widening gap between Seoul and Busan is not a temporary price divergence, but the outcome of two housing markets that now operate under different structural logics.

Jan 27, 202610 min read

By Features Team

150 Years After Opening, Busan Reveals the Port–City Paradox

Busan’s port thrives, but modern maritime value is captured elsewhere — and without command functions, logistics cannot sustain a city.

Jan 23, 202611 min read

By Features Team

The Age of Conditional Alliances

Postwar stability functioned as an insurance system financed by the United States and anchored by its industrial base.

Jan 21, 202610 min read

By Features Team