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Lee Kyung-hwa

World's first sustainable floating city in Korea and Busan's expo bid

On April 26, 2022, the following announcement was made: “U.N.-Habitat, the Busan Metropolitan City of the Republic of Korea, and OCEANIX today unveiled at U.N. Headquarters the design of the world's first prototype sustainable floating city. OCEANIX Busan aims to provide breakthrough technology for coastal cities facing severe land shortages that are compounded by climatic threats.” Busan has also announced its bid to host the 2030 World Expo, proposing a solution to the global climate crisis through the power of technology, culture and art.

2023-02-13 16:40

Expanding and diversifying Korean wave

Last May, the Korean wave (hallyu) supergroup BTS was invited to the White House. As Grammy-nominated international icons and youth ambassadors, they delivered a message of hope and positivity that transcends language and cultural barriers, using their status to combat anti-Asian hate crimes and disinformation and to emphasize the importance of diversity and inclusion to the world through music.

2022-09-04 15:17

Nam June Paik, climate change and the moon

“We choose to go to the moon” said John F. Kennedy in 1961. In 1969, the United States achieved the first successful Apollo 11 moon landing. And not long ago, Tesla founder Elon Musk announced that he was accepting tourists for his private lunar travel project, “Dear Moon.” Throughout human history and up to the present age, we have looked to the moon as a source of inspiration and aspiration. The moon: humanity's only hope.

2022-04-06 16:50

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