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| President Yoon Suk Yeol, fifth from left, and First Lady Kim Keon Hee, fifth from right, pose with members of the Bureau International des Expositions’ Enquiry Mission in front of Sangchunjae, a guesthouse at Cheong Wa Dae, before a dinner banquet, Monday. Prior to the welcome dinner on the 3rd, President Yoon Seok-yeol (fifth from the left) and First Lady Kim Kun-hee (fifth from the right) attended the Blue House Sangchunjae with officials from the Organization for International Expositions (BIE) who visited Korea for a due diligence of Busan, a candidate site for the 2030 World Expo. taking commemorative photos. Provided by the President’s Office |
President holds dinner banquet at Cheong Wa Dae for Enquiry Mission
President Yoon holds a dinner at the Blue House to host the Busan Expo
By Ko Dong-hwan
A delegation from the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE) began a weeklong inspection in Korea, Monday, as the nation’s top government officials, including President Yoon Suk Yeol, are anxious to impress the visitors, whose evaluation will decide whether Busan will get to host the World Expo in 2030.
With President Yoon Seok-yeol and other high-ranking government officials trying to impress the inspection team that will decide whether or not to host the 2030 World Expo in Busan, the International Exposition Organization inspection team began a week-long inspection of South Korea on Monday.
On Monday evening, the president hosted a dinner banquet for the BIE delegation at Sangchunjae, a traditional hanok style guesthouse located inside Cheong Wa Dae, the country’s former presidential office and residence.
On Monday evening, President Yoon Seok-yeol held a dinner for the scrutiny team at Sangchunjae, a traditional hanok in the Blue House, the former presidential residence, used to host VIPs.
“World Expo 2030 Busan will allow participating countries to share their diverse experiences and strength and jointly come up with solutions for problems that face humanity,” Yoon said at the banquet.
“Expo 2030 Busan will serve as an opportunity for countries to share diverse experiences and strengths, seek solutions to the challenges faced by mankind, and create innovation,” President Yoon said at the dinner.
“I believe Korea stirred quite a buzz after our third presentation last November. Now, Korea is one of the leading countries with the latest technologies and globally popular cultural contents. I think you will find out through this inspection that Korea and World Expo 2030 in Busan have some of the most differentiated competitiveness.”
“I know that there was a lot of favorable reviews about hosting the Busan World Expo at the third presentation last November. Through this on-site inspection, I think you will be able to see for yourself the differentiated competitiveness along with the hosting capabilities of Korea and Busan Expo.”
Before meeting the president, the delegation met Korean lawmakers, including the chairmen of the ruling People Power Party and main opposition Democratic Party of Korea, at the National Assembly in Seoul, where a new resolution was passed granting national support for Busan’s Expo bid.
Before meeting the president, the delegation met with South Korean lawmakers, including the ruling People’s Party representative and the main opposition Minjoo Party leader, at the Seoul National Assembly, which passed a new resolution promising bipartisan support to host the Busan Expo.
“The Resolution on Supporting the Successful Bidding and Hosting of World Expo 2030 Busan” included eight clauses that specified “strong commitments” by the country to make the Expo a great success.
The ‘Resolution for Successful Hosting and Hosting of Expo 2030 in Busan’ includes 8 clauses specifying that the country will do its “best efforts” for the successful hosting of the Expo.
“I admit that the country’s ruling and opposition parties often have differences and clash,” said National Assembly Speaker Kim Jin-pyo ahead of the resolution’s passage. “But when it comes to World Expo 2030, they become one tight-knit unit. In a moment, we will ratify a new special act to give full support to make World Expo 2030 Busan possible. And we want you, the BIE delegation, to witness it,” Kim added.
National Assembly Speaker Kim Jin-pyo said, “In our National Assembly, the ruling and opposition parties differ in their opinions, so there is a lot of bickering.” “However, in order to host the 2030 Busan Expo, we came together in unison. I will. I hope that the due diligence team will also witness this.”
KEY WORDS
■ banquet (official) banquet[만찬]
■ delegation delegation
■ residence (especially large and grand ones)
■ come up with (answers, etc.)[내놓다]
■ Induce stir[불러일으키다]
■ differentiated
■ resolution
■ clash
■ when it comes to
■ tight-knit
■ witness
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