By: Esther Weon, Student Ambassador, USA Pavilion When first told that the Maldives’ National Day ceremonies would be held today at the Expo Hall, only a few token phrases that I vaguely remembered from middle school geography came to mind—archipelago, tropical, islands. Apart from these buzz words, I was a little ashamed to admit that [...]
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“Monaco National Day and the Screening of Jacques Perrin’s “Oceans”
June 13, 2025
By: Joshua Stone and Jenna Morrison, Student Ambassadors, USA Pavilion Today the King of Monaco, H.S.H. Prince Albert II visited the Yeosu Expo to celebrate the National Day of the Principality of Monaco and to honor the overarching theme of the exposition itself: “The Living Ocean and Coast”. Although the high-level experts’ meeting on the [...]
“Hidden Treasures at World Expo 2012″
June 13, 2025
By: Emilie Wardrip, Student Ambassador, USA Pavilion Hidden Treasures at World Expo 2012 For me a day at the World Expo is full of stimulating experiences: going from pavilion to pavilion, detouring to watch impromptu performances, and taking pictures and uploading them to the EDG (the electronic digital gallery which is a huge digital screen [...]
“Republic of Indonesia National Day”
June 13, 2025
By: Peter Park, Student Ambassador, USA Pavilion Yeosu, World Expo 2012: Republic of Indonesia National Day Today at the Yeosu World Expo, dignitaries and visitors had the opportunity to experience the deep-rooted culture of The Republic of Indonesia at Indonesia’s National Day event. As a current U.S. student ambassador, I was given the opportunity to experience [...]
“Last week, two of my fellow U.S. student ambassadors and I got lost on a bus…”
June 13, 2025
By: Joshua Grise, Student Ambassador, USA Pavilion Volunteering at the USA Pavilion at this year’s World Expo in Yeosu, South Korea, has been a life changing experience. Growing up in Lexington, Kentucky, diversity was always an issue in my life, mainly because little existed. I was thrilled when I moved to Los Angeles for college [...]
“Going to the Theme Pavilion, I was convinced…”
June 13, 2025
By: Brittney Young, Student Ambassador, USA Pavilion I think I was about six years old when I read 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea for the first time (the Great Illustrated Classics version, that is). It was not until early January 2011 that I purchased the “real,” “adult” version as a part of a 50 Classic [...]
“Before this experience, I never thought I could…”
June 13, 2025
By: Brittany Alexander, Student Ambassador, USA Pavilion Although we had a 10 day training period for World Expo 2012, it was not until the official soft opening that we got a taste of what running the USA Pavilion for hundreds of thousands of people to see would truly be like. We rotate positions on an hourly [...]
“I can hardly pinpoint the moment”
June 13, 2025
By: Dana D’Amelio, Student Ambassador, USA Pavilion I can’t believe that almost a month has elapsed since I arrived in South Korea. It feels surreal; time has flown by so quickly. I can hardly pinpoint the moment when everything that was so unfamiliar just a few short weeks ago – my apartment, operating the USA [...]
“15 Days In As a USAP Volunteer”
June 13, 2025
By: Anne Clay, Student Ambassador, USA Pavilion Already fifteen days have passed since we first began volunteering at the USA Pavilion in Yeosu, South Korea, for the 2012 World Expo and its theme “The Living Ocean and Coast”. Even though our time here seems to have flown by quite quickly because of our busy schedules, [...]