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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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84 Publications

Why Busan’s East–West Balanced Development Failed

Intended to reduce spatial disparities, Busan’s East–West balanced development instead redistributed population internally. Growth clustered in Gangseo-gu, while adjacent districts continued to lose residents.

Dec 26, 20255 min read

By Features Team

Busan’s Population Decline Is No Longer Reversible

The central challenge facing Busan is no longer how to restore growth, but how to govern a city in which demographic continuity can no longer be assumed.

Dec 24, 202513 min read

By Features Team

Why Japan Absorbs Economic Pressure While South Korea Breaks Faster

Japan and South Korea face similar demographic decline and tighter global financial conditions, yet economic adjustment has unfolded at markedly different speeds.

Dec 21, 20258 min read

By Features Team

Coupang and the Price of Convenience

A data breach at Coupang has triggered a parliamentary hearing in South Korea, exposing how fast delivery, consumer lock-in and cross-border corporate governance complicate accountability in the platform economy.

Dec 18, 20257 min read

By Features Team

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.

Dec 15, 20257 min read

By Features Team

South Korea Confronts a Digital Infrastructure It No Longer Fully Controls

Foreign-operated satellite networks, major data breaches and a government data-centre failure reveal how essential Korean services now depend on systems outside national authority, pushing operational sovereignty to the centre of Seoul’s policy agenda.

Dec 8, 202513 min read

By Features Team