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Busan Opens 48 Convenience Stores as 24-Hour Shelters for Delivery Workers - Seoul Economic Daily
Busan Vaults to No. 2 in Foreign Card Spending, Shaking Capital-Area Dominance - Seoul Economic Daily
Sweltering heat wave to continue through next week - The Korea Times
The Tradition and Physiology of 삼복 and Fighting Heat with Heat
삼복 (sambok) is the set of three days in the Korean calendar reckoned as the hottest of the year, and on each of them large numbers of people queue outside restaurants in direct sunlight to eat a pot of chicken soup served still boiling. In 2026 the dates were July 15 and July 25, with the third, 말복 (malbok), falling on August 14.
Location:Kakao’s New Kanana2 AI Is Small Enough to Run on Phones
Kakao has released a new set of compact artificial-intelligence models designed to handle Korean-language tasks while requiring fewer computing resources than very large cloud-based systems. The release puts part of Kakao's Kanana-2 technology into the hands of outside developers and highlights the industry's growing interest in AI that can operate on personal devices.
What Was Decided at the Busan-hosted UNESCO's World Heritage Committee
During the second half of July, decisions about cultural landscapes, ecosystems and historic places around the world were made in Busan. The 48th session of UNESCO's World Heritage Committee met at BEXCO from July 19 to 29, placing the city at the center of the system that determines which places enter the World Heritage List and how listed sites should be protected.
South Korea's Air Busan doubles borrowing limit - ch-aviation
Korea Cuts E-9 Visa Quotas
Korea's 2026 quota for E-9 employment permit workers is 80,000, down from 130,000 in 2025 and 165,000 in 2024. It is the first time the ceiling has fallen below 100,000 in four years, and the drop from last year is 38 percent.
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38.8°C - Busan Reaches Highest Temperature Ever Recorded
Busan reached 38.8 degrees Celsius on the afternoon of July 29, the highest temperature recorded at the city's official station since modern observation began there in April 1904. The previous record, 37.3 degrees from August 2016, was beaten by a full 1.5 degrees. In Yangsan, just across the boundary in Gyeongsangnam-do, the reading hit 40.3, the first 40-degree temperature anywhere in Korea this year and the third consecutive year the country has produced one.
Busan Center Launches Program to Nurture 7 AI Ocean Startups - Seoul Economic Daily
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