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Expo 2012 ( Korean : 2012 여수세계박람회; Hanja : 2012 麗水世界博覽會) was an International Exposition recognized by the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE) held in Yeosu, South Korea which opened on May 12, 2012 and ran until August 12, 2012. [ 1] The theme of the Expo was "The Living Ocean and Coast" with subthemes of ...
The city of Yeosu consists of the Yeosu peninsula as well as 365 islands [1] (48 inhabited, 317 uninhabited). Being midway along the southern coast of South Korea, it is flanked by Namhae County in South Gyeongsang Province to the east with a natural waterway, and the Bay of Suncheon to the west and northwest, the city of Suncheon sprawling along its banks.
The Yeosu-Suncheon rebellion, also known as the Yeo-Sun incident (Yeo-Sun an abbreviation of Yeosu and Suncheon ), was a rebellion that began in October 1948 and mostly ended by November of the same year. However, pockets of resistance lasted through to 1957, almost 10 years later. It is often called a "rebellion incident", but it is used as a ...
Yeosu Expo station. / 34.75778°N 127.74722°E / 34.75778; 127.74722. Yeosu Expo station (Ko: 여수엑스포역) is a KTX station in the city of Yeosu, South Jeolla Province, South Korea. It is on the Jeolla Line . KTX, ITX-Saemaeul, Mugunghwa-ho, and the S-Train stop at the station. It is registered as Yeosu-EXPO (Korean name 여수 ...
Local Route 22 Yeosu–Suncheon Line ( Korean : 국가지원지방도 제22호선 여수 ~ 순천선) is a local route of South Korea that connecting Sepo 3-IS in Hwayang-myeon, Yeosu, South Jeolla Province to Sungo 5-IS in Jangcheon-dong, Suncheon, South Jeolla Province .
The Geobukseon Bridge ( Korean : 거북선대교 ), also called the Second Dolsan Bridge ( 제2돌산대교 ), is the main bridge on the Yeosu Road between Udu-ri, Dolsan and Jonghwa-dong, linking the Port of Yeosu with Dolsando across the Namhae sea. [2] The bridge is floating cable-stayed bridge with 464m (35+82+230+82+35m) length and its ...
Yi Sun-sin Park ( Korean : 이순신공원) is a public park in Ungcheon-dong, Yeosu, South Jeolla Province, South Korea. It is named for the famed Korean admiral Yi Sun-sin. [1] [2] The area of the park is 366,093 square meters (3,940,590 sq ft). It has a number of facilities, including an outdoor stage, gardens, a maze, a children's play area ...
South Korea has one time zone, Korea Standard Time (), which is abbreviated KST. [1] [2] South Korea currently does not observe daylight saving time.[3]From May 8 to October 9 in 1988, daylight saving time was tested to better accommodate the calendar of competitions held during the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.