Korea Day at Osaka Kansai Expo 2025 -- May 13 Korea National Day and Continuing Korea National Week: In April 2025, the World Exposition Expo 2025 Osaka Kansai opened at Yumeshima, Osaka, Japan -- going beyond a simple technology and culture competition to show in real time a blueprint for the future society humanity wants to create together. Korea participating in this Expo is operating an official national pavilion themed With Hearts under the theme of empathy and connection. On May 13, Korea National Day, and the continuing Korea National Week, the world focuses on Korea -- Korean identity and message to the world resonates from Osaka through culture and technology as medium. Korea pavilion highlights: interactive installations that respond to visitor emotion and gesture, creating shared empathy experiences; digital art works combining traditional Korean aesthetics with contemporary technology; K-culture demonstrations including K-food, K-beauty, and K-content showcases; the pavilion design by Korean architects uses natural materials and light to create spaces that invite contemplation and connection. The soft power significance: Expo pavilions are the single most curated national brand presentation -- the With Hearts theme positioning Korea as a nation that leads with human connection rather than pure technological capability is a deliberate brand strategy that differentiates from China and Japan more technology-focused presentations.