Comments on: I Like Yeosu as Much as the Next Guy… http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/11/28/i-like-yeosu-as-much-as-the-next-guy/ Korea... in Blog Format Thu, 24 Jul 2008 05:47:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: slim http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/11/28/i-like-yeosu-as-much-as-the-next-guy/#comment-120449 slim Thu, 29 Nov 2007 15:03:05 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/11/28/i-like-yeosu-as-much-as-the-next-guy/#comment-120449 25 - Aichi was really the hinterlands of better-known Nagoya. 25 - Aichi was really the hinterlands of better-known Nagoya.

]]> By: jonnyh http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/11/28/i-like-yeosu-as-much-as-the-next-guy/#comment-120447 jonnyh Thu, 29 Nov 2007 14:08:44 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/11/28/i-like-yeosu-as-much-as-the-next-guy/#comment-120447 Not to rain on anybody's parade, but this is a minor-league expo, if I read my Wikipedia correctly. The official sanctioning body, the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE), only sanctions universal or registered exhibitions every five years (2000, 2005, 2010, 2015, etc.). After holding Expos every couple years in the '80s and '90s, they evidently decided to cut the overkill. In between the five-year intervals, cities also hold international or specialized exhibitions, usually based on a theme, like this one: "The Living Ocean and Coast." So it's a big deal for Yeosu, but a smaller big deal than it would have been if they'd gotten selected for a World Expo in 2010 or 2015. Not to rain on anybody’s parade, but this is a minor-league expo, if I read my Wikipedia correctly. The official sanctioning body, the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE), only sanctions universal or registered exhibitions every five years (2000, 2005, 2010, 2015, etc.). After holding Expos every couple years in the ’80s and ’90s, they evidently decided to cut the overkill.
In between the five-year intervals, cities also hold international or specialized exhibitions, usually based on a theme, like this one: “The Living Ocean and Coast.” So it’s a big deal for Yeosu, but a smaller big deal than it would have been if they’d gotten selected for a World Expo in 2010 or 2015.

]]> By: Ut videam http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/11/28/i-like-yeosu-as-much-as-the-next-guy/#comment-120442 Ut videam Thu, 29 Nov 2007 11:47:35 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/11/28/i-like-yeosu-as-much-as-the-next-guy/#comment-120442 #24: Why stop at 1984? Going back just one more expo, we find the following: 1982 Knoxville (United States) 175,000 In addition, does the figure of 320,000 take into account the impending merger? #24: Why stop at 1984? Going back just one more expo, we find the following:

1982 Knoxville (United States) 175,000

In addition, does the figure of 320,000 take into account the impending merger?

]]> By: Ut videam http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/11/28/i-like-yeosu-as-much-as-the-next-guy/#comment-120440 Ut videam Thu, 29 Nov 2007 11:36:36 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/11/28/i-like-yeosu-as-much-as-the-next-guy/#comment-120440 Well, if they insist on building an "eye-catching establishment," let's just hope it turns out more like the Eiffel Tower than the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunsphere" rel="nofollow">Sunsphere</a>. Well, if they insist on building an “eye-catching establishment,” let’s just hope it turns out more like the Eiffel Tower than the Sunsphere.

]]> By: SomeguyinKorea http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/11/28/i-like-yeosu-as-much-as-the-next-guy/#comment-120404 SomeguyinKorea Thu, 29 Nov 2007 04:26:01 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/11/28/i-like-yeosu-as-much-as-the-next-guy/#comment-120404 Well, population aside, it's safe to say most people have never heard of Aichi or Zaragoza. Maybe important cities at home, be certainly no more internationally renowned than Yeosu. Well, population aside, it’s safe to say most people have never heard of Aichi or Zaragoza. Maybe important cities at home, be certainly no more internationally renowned than Yeosu.

]]> By: dokdoforever http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/11/28/i-like-yeosu-as-much-as-the-next-guy/#comment-120398 dokdoforever Thu, 29 Nov 2007 03:59:20 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/11/28/i-like-yeosu-as-much-as-the-next-guy/#comment-120398 Here is a list of the last 12 World Expo cities. It's great for Yeosu, but in terms of population and international name recognition, it's hard to argue that Yeosu belongs here. 1984 New Orleans (United States) 500,000 1986 Vancouver (Canada) 600,000 1988 Brisbane (Australia) 1.8 mill 1990 Osaka (Japan) 2.7 mill 1992 Seville (Spain) 704,000 1993 Daejon (South Korea) 1.4 million 1998 Lisbon (Portugal) 564,000 2000 Hanover (Germany) 522,000 2005 Aichi (Japan) 7.3 mill 2008 Zaragoza (Spain) 660,000 2010 Shanghai (China) 19 mill 2012 Yeosu (South Korea) 320,000 Korea must really know how to exert some serious international clout, when consider selection of Yeosu and the near selection of Pyeongchang. Here is a list of the last 12 World Expo cities. It’s great for Yeosu, but in terms of population and international name recognition, it’s hard to argue that Yeosu belongs here.

1984 New Orleans (United States) 500,000
1986 Vancouver (Canada) 600,000
1988 Brisbane (Australia) 1.8 mill
1990 Osaka (Japan) 2.7 mill
1992 Seville (Spain) 704,000
1993 Daejon (South Korea) 1.4 million
1998 Lisbon (Portugal) 564,000
2000 Hanover (Germany) 522,000
2005 Aichi (Japan) 7.3 mill
2008 Zaragoza (Spain) 660,000
2010 Shanghai (China) 19 mill
2012 Yeosu (South Korea) 320,000

Korea must really know how to exert some serious international clout, when consider selection of Yeosu and the near selection of Pyeongchang.

]]> By: ElCanguro http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/11/28/i-like-yeosu-as-much-as-the-next-guy/#comment-120384 ElCanguro Thu, 29 Nov 2007 01:16:43 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/11/28/i-like-yeosu-as-much-as-the-next-guy/#comment-120384 I aren't knocking Yeosu winning that's for sure. If I'm still around by that stage Yeosu winning could prove quite lucrative for cats like me http://logo.cafepress.com/5/7004548.2144705.jpg ... it'd help if I had an F-2 and improved my shitty Korean language skills however. Seriously, though Yeosu should bring further attention and development to this region, which posters above have mentioned has a lot going for it. Once they get Yeo-sun-gwang metropolitan city p and running and whack down a light rail or subway system, that'll be no stopping this place. ;) I aren’t knocking Yeosu winning that’s for sure. If I’m still around by that stage Yeosu winning could prove quite lucrative for cats like me
http://logo.cafepress.com/5/7004548.2144705.jpg

… it’d help if I had an F-2 and improved my shitty Korean language skills however.

Seriously, though Yeosu should bring further attention and development to this region, which posters above have mentioned has a lot going for it. Once they get Yeo-sun-gwang metropolitan city p and running and whack down a light rail or subway system, that’ll be no stopping this place. ;)

]]> By: Iceberg http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/11/28/i-like-yeosu-as-much-as-the-next-guy/#comment-120380 Iceberg Thu, 29 Nov 2007 00:04:27 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/11/28/i-like-yeosu-as-much-as-the-next-guy/#comment-120380 Congrats to Yeosu, btw. Congrats to Yeosu, btw.

]]> By: Iceberg http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/11/28/i-like-yeosu-as-much-as-the-next-guy/#comment-120379 Iceberg Thu, 29 Nov 2007 00:03:10 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/11/28/i-like-yeosu-as-much-as-the-next-guy/#comment-120379 <i>you can’t imagine the smile i had reading about all that.</i> I'll take a stab. Crooked and yellow? you can’t imagine the smile i had reading about all that.

I’ll take a stab. Crooked and yellow?

]]> By: SomeguyinKorea http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/11/28/i-like-yeosu-as-much-as-the-next-guy/#comment-120374 SomeguyinKorea Wed, 28 Nov 2007 22:21:36 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/11/28/i-like-yeosu-as-much-as-the-next-guy/#comment-120374 Correction, "People wouldn't be driving them if they didn't like them, would they? Correction, “People wouldn’t be driving them if they didn’t like them, would they?

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