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Busan’s Industrial Push Returns to Gijang — But Lessons Go Unlearned

Despite two decades of stalled development, Busan is launching another industrial complex in Gijang-gun. Officials promise integrated housing and livability — but the project’s structure and geography suggest a repeat of the same failed playbook.

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How South Korea and Japan Are Managing Trump’s Demands

President Trump’s revived push for sweeping tariffs and increased defense cost-sharing has placed U.S. alliances in Asia back under pressure.

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Jennifer Sciubba: Why Busan’s Future Needs More Than Crisis Thinking

What happens when a city keeps building, but its future doesn’t arrive—and what a leading demographer says we should ask next.

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Busan Chosen for National Urban Renewal in Beomil, Beomcheon, and Sinpyeong

In a second consecutive year of full selection, Busan has secured national funding to restore aging, low-income neighborhoods not by rebuilding them from scratch, but by reinforcing what remains.

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Busan is building, but not breathing

Despite renewed public investment in transit infrastructure, Busan continues to face mounting housing oversupply and demographic stagnation.

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How South Korea’s Credit-Based High School System Went Off Track

South Korea’s high school credit system promised flexibility and student choice. But staffing gaps, grading flaws, and private consulting are undermining reform.

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New Cycling Event in Busan to Span Iconic Seven Bridges This September

Busan’s new 77km cycling event, the 2025 Seven Bridges Tour, will take riders across sea bridges, tunnels, and coastal roads on September 21.

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Who Really Wrote Your Student Record?

As AI becomes a quiet co-author in South Korea’s school evaluations, universities are asking a new question: is this a teacher’s voice—or a machine’s?

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Busan to Redesign 1.2km Stretch of Dadaepo Beach by 2026

Busan will begin a 5.6 billion-won public design project along a 1.2km stretch of Dadaepo Beach in 2025.

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Autonomous Buses Begin Night Service in Busan

Busan has launched a pilot program for Level 3 autonomous buses along a 10.4 km BRT corridor, limited to night hours and supervised operation.

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Busan Opens 'Mulmeong Lounge' at Korea Maritime University

Busan opens the ‘Mulmeong Lounge’ at Korea Maritime and Ocean University, a key part of its workation center initiative.

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Automation Comes to Busan: What 6,000 Jobs Really Mean

Busan is investing in high-tech fulfillment centers with promises of jobs and growth. But behind the numbers, labor is becoming more fragile, fragmented—and increasingly invisible.

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