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Society Team

Focused on education, gender, inequality, and social justice, we provide critical analysis, encouraging dialogue on the pressing social issues that shape our world.

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67 Publications

How Korean Media Turned Generations into a Marketable Myth

A deep look at how South Korean media turned the language of generations into a cultural script — transforming data into identity, and journalism into marketing.

Oct 13, 20256 min read

By Society Team

Busan’s Real Estate Faith and the Hollowing of Industry

From ministry relocations to design-city branding, Busan keeps rebuilding its skyline without rebuilding its base. The city’s revival remains rhetorical—a choreography of anticipation where belief replaces productivity and motion stands in for progress.

Oct 11, 20255 min read

By Society Team

The Politics of Banners in Busan Becomes a Battle for the Skyline

Across South Korea’s southern coast, thousands of political banners drape the city of Busan. What began as expression has turned into pollution — and a test of how democracy occupies public space.

Oct 6, 20255 min read

By Society Team

Debt, Demographics, and Divergence: Why Korea Risks a Split Housing Economy

Korea’s households carry one of the heaviest debt loads in the OECD, with most mortgages tied to floating rates. That fragility makes the economy hypersensitive to policy shifts and sustains property speculation even as consumption weakens and provincial vacancies mount.

Sep 29, 20253 min read

By Society Team

Busan’s Glocal Picks Ignore Maritime Strength

The Ministry of Education’s Glocal University program promised innovation. In Busan, it produced three designated projects centered on cultural branding and enrollment drives, not maritime engineers or energy specialists. The question now is whether these models can survive once subsidies run out.

Sep 28, 20255 min read

By Society Team

KakaoTalk’s Reinvention Sparks a National Backlash

The redesign was meant to modernize KakaoTalk; instead it unsettled millions who had treated it as a fixed part of daily life.

Sep 27, 20257 min read

By Society Team