APEC South Korea 2005 was a series of political meetings held around

South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korean Peninsula and sharing a land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed by the Yellow Sea, while its eas ...

between the 21 member economies of the

Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC ) is an inter-governmental forum for 21 member economies in the Pacific Rim that promotes free trade throughout the Asia-Pacific region.

during 2005. Leaders from all the member countries met from 18 to 19 November 2005 in

Busan Busan (), officially known as is South Korea's most populous city after Seoul, with a population of over 3.4 million inhabitants. Formerly romanized as Pusan, it is the economic, cultural and educational center of southeastern South Korea, ...

Theme

The theme of the summit–Towards One Community: Meet the Challenge and Make the Change represents the strenuous will of APEC Member Economies to achieve the vision to build one "economic community" in the Asia-Pacific region.

Logo

The APEC South Korea 2005 logo resembles South Korea's traditional Tri-Taegeuk mark which represents the unity and harmony of heaven, earth and man, the wave of Busan – the venue for the APEC 2005 Leaders' Meeting and the image of the Pacific Ocean encircled by APEC Member Economies.

References

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