Taejŏn Expo '93

EXPO Daejeon 1993
Hanbit - tap (Tower of the great light)
Overview
BIE-class	Specialized exposition
Name	Taejŏn Expo '93
Motto	The Challenge of a New Road of Development
Building	Hanbit Tower
Visitors	14.005.808
Participant(s)
Countries	141
Location
Country	Republic of Korea
City	Daejeon
Timeline
Opening	7 August 1993
Closure	7 November 1993
Specialized expositions
Previous	Genoa Expo '92 in Genoa
Next	Expo '98 in Lisbon
Universal
Previous	Seville Expo '92 in Seville
Next	Expo 2000 in Hanover
Simultaneous
Horticultural (AIPH)	IGA 93 in Stuttgart
Internet
Website	http://www.expo93.co.kr/

Taejon Expo '93 was a three-month international exposition held between Saturday, August 7, 1993 and Sunday, November 7, 1993 in the central South Korean city of Daejeon (at the time spelled "Taejŏn").

The theme of the exposition was "The Challenge of a New Road of Development", with various other sub-themes around sustainable and 'green' development. The exposition was an officially endorsed Bureau International des Expositions (BIE) specialized exposition commemorating the centenary of the first-ever representation of the "Hermit Kingdom" (Korea) to a world exposition, namely the 1893 Columbian Exposition of Chicago. It claimed to be the first exposition held in a developing country, although both the BIE-sanctioned Exposition internationale du bicentenaire de Port-au-Prince in 1949 and Shanghai's Expo 2010 could also claim this title.

The exposition site consisted of three main areas - the international zone, the corporate zone and the fun park zone.

Being a specialized exposition, the pavilions in the international zone were for the most part pre-fabricated and rented out to the various international participants for the duration of the exposition. One hundred and eight nations participated at Taejon Expo '93 - making it one of the largest expositions ever held. Among the most memorable were the flagship Korean and United Nations Pavilions.

The corporate zone represented the best wizardry that Korean companies could afford, with some spectacular architecture and contents, all along the theme of the exposition, with the majority of these pavilions being permanent in nature. Pavilions included "Starquest" by Samsung, and the three-dimensional IMAX presentation courtesy of Daewoo. For the Korean Air Lines sponsored pavilion, award winning experience designer Bob Rogers (designer) and the design team BRC Imagination Arts and Iwerks Entertainment (SimEx-Iwerks) produced a 360 degree 9-screen travelogue of a Korean girl who receives magical Circlevision postcards from her pen pals around the world.