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NewsAug 27, 2025

Behind Busan’s Birth Rate Rise: Demographics, Not Policy

One month’s birth data in Busan hides the bigger picture: nationwide marriage waves, aging cohorts, and timing effects drove the increase, not local programs.

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NewsAug 27, 2025

Busan’s Digital Training Ambitions Risk Falling Short Without Measurable Outcomes

Busan has launched major training and startup programs with Microsoft and Google to fuel its digital economy. Yet without outcome tracking for employment, wages, or startup survival, the city risks turning ambitious initiatives into little more than publicity events.

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NewsAug 21, 2025

Foreign Buyers in Korea Now Face Residency Mandates and Stricter Oversight

To counter speculative housing purchases, Korea enforces permits and live-in requirements for overseas buyers in key metropolitan areas.

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NewsAug 18, 2025

Korea’s Housing Divide: Single-Person Growth and Middle-Class Erosion

The rise of single-person households, coupled with stagnant wages and uneven demand, is reshaping Korea’s housing market. Seoul absorbs youth while Busan ages in place, exposing structural risks and policy blind spots.

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NewsAug 17, 2025

Climate Change and the City: Why Shade is the New Infrastructure

In August heat, even a short walk can feel punishing. Yet many of Korea’s new towns offer little shade. As climate change stretches summers and intensifies heat, the simple act of walking demands a new vision of urban planning.

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NewsAug 14, 2025

The Property Narrative Problem in Busan’s Local Journalism

Local journalism in Busan is telling a one-sided story of the housing market — one that sidelines affordability, urban decline, and the public interest in favor of speculative optimism.

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The Archive

Behind Busan’s Birth Rate Rise: Demographics, Not Policy

Busan’s Digital Training Ambitions Risk Falling Short Without Measurable Outcomes

Foreign Buyers in Korea Now Face Residency Mandates and Stricter Oversight

Korea’s Housing Divide: Single-Person Growth and Middle-Class Erosion

Climate Change and the City: Why Shade is the New Infrastructure

The Property Narrative Problem in Busan’s Local Journalism