Reporting, analysis, and commentary on busan news from Breeze in Busan.
Support for a Busan–South Gyeongsang administrative merger has risen sharply ahead of local elections. Evidence across housing, industry, and mobility suggests consolidation alone may not resolve the region’s underlying economic and demographic pressures.
Recent signs of tightening in Busan’s jeonse market do not indicate a broad-based recovery. Instead, they reflect demand concentrating in a limited number of districts amid population decline, rising vacancy, and a gradual shift away from deposit-based leases.