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After fans expressed safety concerns about the original venue, a makeshift stage near Ilgwang Beach in Busan, K-pop superstars BTS will now hold their "Yet to Come in Busan" concert at Asiad Main Stadium. BTS will perform in Busan on October 15 in support of the city's bid to host the 2030 World Expo. While the show is free, tickets were distributed via a lottery system in two rounds. The first round was reserved seating for official ARMY membership holders only. The second round of giveaways t

Five countries have submitted competing bids to host World Expo 2030: The Republic of Korea (in Busan), Italy (in Rome), Ukraine (in Odesa), and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (in Riyadh). Russia withdraws its bid * The Republic of Korea has applied to host a World Expo in Busan between May 1 and October 31, 2030, with the theme "Transforming Our World, Navigating Toward a Better Future." * Italy's bid is for a World Expo in Rome from April 25 to October 25, 2030, with the theme "The Horizontal

The Iranian film Scent Of Wind, directed by Hadi Mohaghegh, will have its official opening at the 27th Busan International Feature Festival (BIFF, Oct. 5–14), which will finish with the Venice-produced film A Man by Ishikawa Kei. The 27th Busan film festival marks the first full recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic in three years, restoring various programs and forums that had been interrupted over the past two years. The festival was reduced to a fraction of its usual scale in 2020 due to the C