Busan news

Public contribution systems promise civic benefit. In reality, they deliver vacant plazas, locked startup hubs, and a city built for profit, not people.

Korea’s offshore Gadeokdo Airport project is on a tight schedule, but global precedents like Japan’s Kansai show the risks of building fast on uncertain ground.

Busan plans to revitalize subway station areas with dense mixed-use developments. But with rising vacancies and declining demand, critics warn the strategy may backfire unless it prioritizes communities over construction.

Institutional mergers may address enrollment declines, but without upgrading teacher training standards, Korea’s education competitiveness will continue to erode.

Busan’s hilltop communities are finding new life through art, walking tours, and memory. But can they resist the rising pressure of high-rise redevelopment?

The Sasang–Hadan subway sinkhole wasn’t simply an accident of soil mechanics. It was a preventable disaster rooted in regulatory neglect, incomplete risk assessments, and a public agency’s failure to enforce basic legal requirements.