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Smartphone Competition Winner!

27.08.2012
Ambassador of Israel to Korea, Mr. Tuvia Israeli, gives Mr. Hyunwoo Kim his first smartphone, a Samsung Galaxy SII, as prize for winning Yeosu Expo Israel Pavilion Visitor Quiz
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About the Pavilion

    The Israeli Pavilion resembles a symbiotic combination of pure nature and the world of progress, coming together without interruption and in mutual inspiration.
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    Visitors interactively explore Israel’s techological innovation using jellyfish, through touchscreens at the Sea of Inspiration

    Visitors can be immersed in a simulated underwater reality where 18 8 meter long pillars submerge visitors

    Visitors can be immersed in a simulated underwater reality where 18 8 meter long pillars submerge visitors

    Take the Sea of Inspiration with you through the Israel Pavilion Korea 2012 app available to iPhone and Android smartphone and tablet users

    Enjoy a bird’s eye view of Israel’s landscape

    Enjoy a bird’s eye view of Israel’s landscape

    Visitors enter the Sea of Inspiration on the official opening day!

    Israeli Ambassador to Korea, Mr. Tuvia Israeli and his wife, and Commissioner General of Israel, Ms. Yaffa Ben-Ari and her husband, pose with Forum Bon (本), a group of Korean female leaders, on the opening day, May 12

    Visitors queue to enter the Sea of Inspiration of the official opening day, May 12!

    Visitors queue to enter the Sea of Inspiration of the official opening day, May 12!

    Visitors enjoy an interactive touchscreen overview of the Red Sea on opening day, May 12!

    Visitors witness a bird’s eye view of the Israeli landscape

    Israeli sensation, Sheketak, performs for Expo visitors at Ocean Plaza from May 21-24!

    Israeli sensation, Sheketak, performs for Expo visitors at Ocean Plaza from May 21-24!

    Israeli sensation, Sheketak, performs for Expo visitors at Ocean Plaza from May 21-24!

    Israeli sensation, Sheketak, performs for Expo visitors at Ocean Plaza from May 21-24!

    Israeli sensation, Sheketak, performs for Expo visitors at Ocean Plaza from May 21-24!

    Israeli sensation, Sheketak, performs for Expo visitors at Ocean Plaza from May 21-24!

    Bird’s Eye View of Israel

    Sea of Inspiration Stamp

    Sea of Inspiration Entrance

    Interactive Learning Panels

    Visitors Enjoy an Underwater Journey

    The Sea of Inspiration Underwater Journey

    Meeting with Ambassador Joon-hee LEE, Commissioner of EXPO 2012 Yeosu

    Meeting with Ambassador Joon-hee LEE, Commissioner of EXPO 2012 Yeosu

    Meeting with Ambassador Joon-hee LEE, Commissioner of EXPO 2012 Yeosu

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    Whats New

    • Smartphone Competition Winner!

      27.08.2012
      Ambassador of Israel to Korea, Mr. Tuvia Israeli, gives Mr. Hyunwoo Kim his first smartphone, a Samsung Galaxy SII, as prize for winning Yeosu Expo Israel Pavilion Visitor Quiz
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    • Win a Smartphone!

      07.08.2012
      Heading to the end of the Expo 2012 Yeosu Korea, the Israel Pavilion is running a quiz event!
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    • Swimmer Amit Ivry

      27.07.2012
      This video profiles Israeli Olympic medal hopeful, swimmer Amit Ivry. Watch this to learn more about Ivry’s personality, goals, lives and surroundings in Israel.​​​​​
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    • Green Energy

      Many attempts were made to find a way to harness the energy of ocean waves for commercial use. A unique Israeli technology finally made the breakthrough, by combining knowledge from both academia and industry.
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      Eco Ocean

      EcoOcean is an Israeli non-profit organization acting to maintain a healthy marine environment in the eastern Mediterranean and the Red Sea.
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      Research in the Med Sea

      Thirty to 40 kilometers off the coast of Tel Aviv, in an area once thought to be relatively barren of sea life, a deep water expedition discovered a huge reef of deep-sea corals stretching for several kilometers, some 700 meters under the sea.
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      Art

      As a part of the Israeli passion with the marine world, the country yielded several renowned underwater photographers, whose accomplishment received much international recognition.
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      Archeology

      During a severe drought that resulted in the lowering of the water level of the Sea of Galilee, two brothers from Kibbutz Ginosar that is set on the seashore, noted a vessel that had buried in the exposed seabed.
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      The Sea of Galilee

      The Sea of Galilee is the largest freshwater lake in Israel. Located 214 meters below sea level, it is the lowest freshwater lake on Earth and the second-lowest lake in the world (after the Dead Sea).
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