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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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What happens when a city keeps building, but its future doesn’t arrive—and what a leading demographer says we should ask next.
Korea
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?
Business
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.
Busan
Busan has been selected as South Korea’s exclusive nominee to host the 2026 UNESCO World Heritage Committee meeting, following a final round of evaluation that saw the port city narrowly surpass Jeju.
Philosophy
In a world of infinite content, we are seeing fewer perspectives. As AI curates our lives, critical thinking, intellectual diversity, and even empathy are quietly slipping away.
Busan
Busan’s arts education system is facing a crisis, compounded by the collapse of private universities.
Politics
In South Korea, the gender divide among Gen Z voters has become a central axis of political life. What other democracies are facing as a drift, Korea is living as a rupture—one amplified by grievance politics and a radicalizing digital ecosystem.
Philosophy
When a third element enters a system — in science, in thought, in selfhood — the world no longer behaves predictably.