The Korean city of Busan is one of the front-runners to host World Expo 2023. Its mayor, Park Heong-joon, spoke to New African to explain why its candidacy could be of special interest to African countries. Busan ( Korea), Riyadh (Saudi Arabia), Rome (Itaky), and Odessa (Ukraine) are campaigning to host World Expo. Park Heong-joon: African countries, the African continent with its 54 countries and 1.3bn people is a great market for Korea business. Through that process, we want to expand our business to invest in African countries and create economic and social projects.

Source: The North Africa Journal May 16, 2023 03:29 UTC