Lee Min-hyung joined The Korea Times in 2014 and has worked as a journalist mainly in Korea’s finance, tech and automotive industry. He specializes in content creation, breaking news and in-depth analysis currently on transportation and mobility. You can reach him via mhlee@koreatimes.co.kr.
Busan activates WAVE platform for World Expo 2030 bid
The website of online collective intelligence platform WAVE / Screen capture from WAVE
By Lee Min-hyung
By Lee Min-hyung
The nation's southeastern port city of Busan has pledged to raise global awareness of WAVE ― a collective intelligence platform ― in an aggressive bid to host the World Expo 2030.
WAVE was established by the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI), with a view to helping resolve the challenges facing humanity ― such as climate change and education.
People here and abroad can raise their voices on such crucial issues online via WAVE.
Anyone can exchange their creative ideas and present solutions to solving global issues through the collective intelligence platform.
The city government also shared its plans to proactively promote the platform to influencers here and abroad as well as foreign supporters, as part of its efforts to display its strong motivation to host the upcoming Expo.
The opening of the platform can be seen as part of the “practical efforts” made by the city government which expects the Expo to become key to helping resolve diverse regional and global issues, the government said.
It also aims to prove its unwavering will to host the Expo by promoting how the city can create value for the global community.
“WAVE contains Busan's vision to host World Expo 2030,” Busan Mayor Park Heong-joon said. “We are going to do our utmost to activate and promote the platform and our differentiated strategy via WAVE, another online form of the Expo.”
Accessing WAVE is simple. Anyone can visit
and pick one of the social issues that they are interested in. They can then share their opinions on the issue in their own language. People can also read suggestions from others around the world via the online platform.