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| Prime Minister Han Duck-soo, right, meets with Robert Clark, co-chair of Minnesota USA Expo 2027, on June 20, 2022, in this photo provided by Han's office. Yonhap |
Prime Minister Han Duck-soo on Monday asked Robert Clark, co-chair of the Minnesota USA Expo 2027 organization, to support South Korea's bid to host the 2030 World Expo in its southern port city of Busan.
During their meeting in Paris, Han told Clark that Busan would be the right city to host the event because the city has emerged as a hub of logistics and digital industry from the ashes of the 1950-53 Korean War, according to Han's office.
Han told Clark that Busan, South Korea's second-largest city, is "a case of the transition from an underdeveloped nation to a state-of-the-art technology nation."
If Busan hosts the 2030 World Expo, South Korea would display efforts for transition in terms of pending global issues, including climate change, inequality and health, Han told Clark, according to Han's office.
Han was accompanied by SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won, who doubles as the chief of the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and Busan Mayor Park Heong-joon.
Chey told reporters he will make utmost efforts to help South Korea win the bid to host the 2030 expo.
"We will try to get as much support as we can," Chey told reporters ahead of the meeting between Han and Clark. (Yonhap)
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