Busan Loses Out to Riyadh in Hosting of 2030 World Expo
It looks like the Saudi money overcame what was clearly a better Expo site in Busan. Who is excited to go to Riyadh?:
South Korean Prime Minister Han Duck-soo shakes hands with a Saudi official after the final presentation for South Korea’s bid to host the 2030 World Expo at the 173rd general assembly of the Bureau International des Expositions held at the Palais des Congres in Paris before its members their vote for the host city on Nov. 28, 2023. (Yonhap)
South Korea’s Busan came up short in its bid to host the 2030 World Expo on Tuesday as Saudi Arabia’s Riyadh won a resounding victory over Busan and Italy’s Rome without a runoff vote.
Members of the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE), the body responsible for overseeing the international fair with the potential to generate economic benefits and stimulate job creation, held a ballot in Paris after representatives from the three candidates made final presentations of their proposals.
In the first round of voting, the Saudi capital won 119 votes against Busan’s 29 votes and Rome’s 17 votes. Riyadh’s votes were more than a two-thirds majority needed for a candidate to win without a runoff.
The Saudi delegation celebrated as the results were displayed on an electronic board, concluding the anonymous voting held in Issy-les-Moulineaux, the southwestern suburban area of the French capital.
Yonhap
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Wonder how many workers will die building the facilities, hopefully not as bad as the world cup situation.
Don’t visit jihadist run countries, double that warning if you are a woman. https://newsnownigeria.ng/female-world-cup-official-faces-a-sentence-of-100-lashes-and-7-years-in-jail-for-extramarital-sex-despite-reporting-that-she-was-raped-while-working-in-qatar/
“Wonder how many workers will die building the facilities”
Like quenching a red hot sword in the body of a virgin bring purity to the fight…
…or throwing a baby into the molten bronze used to cast a bell brings out the most delicate tone…
…a construction site bathed in the blood of a TCN or three bring inclusiveness to the sacred ground.
Don’t speak against this or it will be lashes for you, blasphemer.
Right CH, them furriners make great sacrifices to the Moonstone at Mecca.