You Can Build a City, But You Can’t Force It to Be Loved
South Korea’s new cities are built to perfection—and remain emotionally vacant. Here’s why urban overplanning is failing to create real places.
Maru Kim
The Korean Peninsula Faces Heat, Crop Stress, and Import Risks in 2025
Global forecasts show 2025 will be one of the hottest summers on record. As glaciers melt and harvests shrink, the link between climate change and food insecurity becomes alarmingly real.
Why Fast Content Feels Right — and Thinking Feels Wrong
From short-form videos to ultra-processed food, today’s culture isn’t just fast — it’s engineered to bypass reflection. Modern life trains us to react, not reflect. What’s lost in this shift isn’t just attention — it’s our capacity to ask why.
The Molecular Society: How Flow, Not Causality, Is Redefining Human Intelligence
What happens when society stops running on rules and starts reacting like a molecule? Explore the collapse of causality, the rise of interpretive humans, and why sensing flows — not storing facts — is now the key to intelligence.
How Busan Is Using Distributed Energy to Power a New Industrial Era in Gangseo
As a finalist for Korea’s first Distributed Energy Specialized Area, Busan’s Gangseo District is testing new energy models—including battery storage, virtual net metering, and UPS-as-a-Service—to build a resilient, decentralized urban power system.
Managing Household Debt in South Korea Through the Third-Phase DSR Policy
The third-phase Stress Debt Service Ratio (DSR) policy, effective July 1, 2025, seeks to curb South Korea's escalating household debt by tightening lending conditions.
Relaxing Loan Regulations Won’t Save Busan’s Real Estate Market
Busan’s real estate crisis, marked by high unsold inventory and declining prices, is being met with short-term solutions like relaxed loan regulations, which fail to address deeper economic issues.