Busan-news

Busan’s Endless Expansion and the Limits of Growth

Each era called it progress, but the pattern never changed. Busan filled its seas and rivers to build new ground, trading geography for growth. A century later, the city faces the question it has long avoided—what to stand for, not just where to stand.

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Busan Builds Korea’s First Distributed Power Zone

A 500 MWh energy-storage system and AI-powered grid management anchor a new experiment in industrial efficiency. The deeper challenge is not hardware but governance.

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Busan’s Design Obsession Turns Industry into Image

“Design became Busan’s new industrial policy — not a means of production, but a method of presentation.” The city’s shift toward design governance turned aesthetics into administration.

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Busan’s Geumjeongsan Becomes Korea’s First Urban National Park

Busan’s Geumjeongsan Mountain has been officially designated South Korea’s 24th national park — and the first located entirely within a city.

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Maritime Courts and the Geography of Power

South Korea’s plan to create maritime courts in Busan and Incheon promises decentralization in form—but not in power. Beneath the rhetoric of regional balance lies a familiar pattern: authority remains anchored in Seoul.

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Busan Relocates Nakdonggang River Eco Cruise to Hwamyeong Pier

Busan has moved its Nakdonggang River Eco Cruise to Hwamyeong Pier as part of its plan to revitalize the city’s western waterfront. The new sunset route runs daily through March 2026.

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Busan Needs to Retire the 15-Minute City Slogan and Rebuild Around Reality

As tolls rise and districts drift apart, Korea’s coastal metropolis faces the limits of an imported idea. Real progress will begin when planning speaks the city’s language.

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World Ocean Forum 2025 Opens in Busan Amid Maritime Uncertainty

The 19th World Ocean Forum begins today in Busan, bringing together global experts to rethink shipbuilding, finance, and climate strategy in an era where volatility has become the new tide.

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Korea’s shipbuilders navigate change at KORMARINE 2025

Busan’s showcase reflects a sober transition for the maritime industry, with Korean yards focusing on resilience, digital design, and strategic balance between the U.S. and China.

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The City That Mistook Branding for Progress

As Busan reinvents itself as a design capital, its economy contracts and its citizens wonder whether creative slogans can build real prosperity.

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Busan Is Running, but It No Longer Circulates

Busan’s decline isn’t collapse — it’s stillness. A gradual slowing of motion, a city alive but not living.

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South Korea’s Missing Middle Finds a Name in Busan’s Kkiin Generation Plan

Busan’s ₩91.8 billion “Kkiin Generation” plan targets adults aged 35–55 — Korea’s first policy to name the missing middle. Behind the term lies a deeper crisis: educated, unmarried, digital-era midlifers caught between welfare systems built for families and firms.

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