South Korea Pavilion
South Korea has contracted its Expo 2027 Belgrade pavilion: KOTRA signed the Korea Pavilion contract with exhibition builder Sigong Tech on 23 June 2026, worth 8,836,190,000 KRW (roughly €5.5 million) and running to 30 November 2027. The theme and design are not yet public.
At a glance
- Contractor
- Sigong Tech Co., Ltd. (Seongnam) — contract signed with KOTRA, disclosed 24 June 2026 [source]
- Contract value
- 8,836,190,000 KRW (roughly €5.5 million), against a tendered budget of 9,000,000,000 KRW [source]
- Contract term
- 23 June 2026 – 30 November 2027 [source]
- Selection method
- Negotiated bid (not lowest-price) [source]
- Implementing agency
- KOTRA (Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency), World Expo team [source]
What's been announced
South Korea's presence at Expo 2027 Belgrade is run by KOTRA (Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency), the state trade body whose World Expo team tendered the "2027 Belgrade Expo Korean Pavilion Exhibition Service" in spring 2026, per the Korean Architects Association (KIA) notice. The tendered budget was 9,000,000,000 KRW, covering a comprehensive exhibition-service scope: architectural design, interior construction, video production and industrial design. Bids were due 29 April 2026 through Korea's Nara Market e-procurement portal, and the winner was chosen by negotiated bid rather than lowest price.
The contract went to Sigong Tech, the Seongnam-based exhibition and museum builder. In a stock-exchange disclosure reported on 24 June 2026, Sigong Tech said it had signed the "2027 Belgrade Expo Korea Pavilion" supply contract with KOTRA for 8,836,190,000 KRW — about 5.2% of its recent annual revenue — with a term from 23 June 2026 to 30 November 2027. The same company separately holds the organiser's contract for the Expo's collective pavilions, the buildings that house every participating country without its own structure (awarded 31 July 2026), so one Korean firm is building both the Korea Pavilion and the shared halls around it. The pavilion's theme and design have not been made public yet.
Visiting — the practical context
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National pavilions sit in the International Participant Area of the 25-hectare Expo site at Surčin, in the western part of Belgrade — the zone that becomes the city's new Belgrade Fair after the event. The site is about 5 km from Nikola Tesla Airport and roughly 13.5 km southwest of central Belgrade (official planning figures), so if you fly in, you land closer to the Expo grounds than to town. Exact positions within the zones haven't been published yet; we'll add the location when the site plan lands.
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South Korea at Expo 2027 — quick answers
Who is building South Korea's pavilion at Expo 2027 Belgrade?
Sigong Tech, a Korean exhibition and museum builder. It signed the Korea Pavilion contract with KOTRA (Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency), which runs Korea's participation, in June 2026.
What is the budget for South Korea's Expo 2027 pavilion?
The contract is worth 8,836,190,000 KRW, roughly €5.5 million, against a tendered budget of 9,000,000,000 KRW. It runs from 23 June 2026 to 30 November 2027.
What will South Korea's pavilion look like or be themed around?
Not yet public. The contract covers design, exhibition content, installation, operation and dismantling, but neither KOTRA nor Sigong Tech has published the theme or design.
Sources (3)
- https://m.news.nate.com/view/20260624n25643 — eDaily via Nate News, 24 Jun 2026 — Sigong Tech disclosure of the KRW 8,836,190,000 Korea Pavilion contract with KOTRA, term 23 Jun 2026 – 30 Nov 2027 — verified 2026-10-01
- https://www.kia.or.kr/news/notice.php?ptype=view&idx=19682&category=8 — Korean Architects Association (KIA) tender notice for the 2027 Belgrade Expo Korean Pavilion Exhibition Service — verified 2026-07-06
- https://tenderimpulse.com/government-tenders/korea/2027-belgrade-expo-korean-pavilion-exhibition-service-11982098 — Corroborating tender aggregator listing
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