A Visit to the Yeosu Expo

Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Kurt Campbell meets with U.S. Student Ambassadors at the USA Pavilion 2012 in Yeosu, South Korea, on July 14, 2012. [State Department photo by Brendan Thornton/ Public Domain]

About the Author: Kurt M. Campbell serves as Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs.

At the end of a long trip through Asia with Secretary Clinton, I was lucky enough to have the chance to visit the USA Pavilion at the Yeosu Expo in the Republic of Korea. Fitting for its seaside location, the theme of the Expo (World’s Fair) is “The Living Ocean and Coast.” With dynamic multimedia displays and Korean-speaking U.S. Student Ambassadors, my visit to the USA Pavilion was a truly impressive experience.

The USA Pavilion is the result of a public-private partnership between the Department of State, corporate sponsors, and Earth Echo International, an ocean conservation non-profit organization. I was able to experience the visually stunning high-tech water screen featured in the USA Pavilion,… more »

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