Leadership & Vision

From the Editor-in-Chief

"Steering Breeze in Busan towards a future of uncompromising journalism. We believe truth is the cornerstone of a thriving community."

Editor-in-Chief

Maru Kim

Authorized Publisher

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Defining Our Editorial Mission

As the publisher of Breeze in Busan, my role is to cultivate a newsroom culture dedicated to the highest standards of journalistic excellence.

We focus on Busan not just as a location, but as a dynamic narrative of policy, commerce, and culture. In an era of fleeting attention spans, we choose to slow down and dig deeper.

“Our mission is simple: to deliver journalism that empowers citizens, fosters accountability, and illuminates the stories that shape our collective future.”

We invite our readers to engage with us, to challenge us, and to be part of an informed community that demands transparency and values substantive discourse.

Editorial Board Partnerships

Published Works

100 Articles

Busan’s Skyline and the Vanishing Horizon

Busan’s skyline grows higher each year, promising beauty and prosperity. But behind the towers lies a quieter truth — a city losing its landscape, its rhythm, and its memory.

Oct 28, 202522 min read

By Maru Kim

Busan Expands West but the Delta Pushes Back

As Busan pushes its urban frontier into the Nakdonggang River delta, its grand plans collide with the slow physics of mud, water, and distance. The city’s westward expansion promises connection, but the land still speaks in the language of resistance.

Oct 24, 202510 min read

By Maru Kim

Busan Faces the Real Test of Korea’s Digital Transition

South Korea’s digital ambitions are growing faster than its power grid. As global capital pivots toward energy infrastructure, Busan stands at the intersection of innovation and inertia — a city with the assets to lead, but still searching for the power to sustain its future.

Oct 6, 202512 min read

By Maru Kim

Japan’s Rightward Drift and Korea’s Pragmatic Response

As Japan’s conservatism turns inward and South Korea’s diplomacy grows more self-aware, East Asia enters a fragile era where stability is measured not by peace, but by control.

Oct 5, 202512 min read

By Maru Kim

From Port Core to Western Frontier: How Busan Keeps Shifting

Only a third of Busan is flat land. Mountains split districts, rivers divide east and west. Within these limits, transit always trails growth — and decline moves faster than rails.

Sep 30, 20258 min read

By Maru Kim

Compressed Modernity and Generational Fragmentation in South Korea

In the West, Millennials born a decade apart share one category. In Korea, the same gap marks entirely different worlds — PC cafés versus smartphones, protest politics versus algorithmic feeds. Compressed modernization made adolescence, not age, the true fault line of generational identity.

Sep 26, 202515 min read

By Maru Kim

South Korea’s Alliance Choices in an Age of Populism

U.S. forces in Korea are not charity. The peninsula anchors Washington’s Indo-Pacific strategy as much as it safeguards Seoul. The alliance is reciprocal, not one-sided.

Sep 22, 202510 min read

By Maru Kim

South Korea’s Far Right: An Opportunistic Hybrid in Global Extremism

South Korea’s far right is less an ideology than a fusion—rooted in Cold War anti-communism, evangelical networks, and borrowed narratives from the U.S. and Japan.

Sep 15, 202514 min read

By Maru Kim

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