Reporting, analysis, and commentary on busan news from Breeze in Busan.
Politicians have long promised to make Busan a global digital or financial hub. Yet these visions, often crafted from a distance, rarely account for the city’s structural, legal, and infrastructural realities—and more often than not, they dissolve into campaign slogans.
As South Koreans struggle to afford lunch and small restaurants shut down at record rates, cities like Busan are revealing the deeper fractures in the country’s domestic economy — from stagnant wages and inflated rents to a platform economy that drains value from local commerce.