www.euronews.com South Korea has been celebrating the living oceans and coastlines. Yeosu Expo 2012 with its village of pavilions shows the country's determination to raise global awareness of the need for marine protection. Decorated with the symbol of the Korean flag, the pavilion of the host country has one of the more eye-catching designs on the Expo site. Once inside, the visitors who will be flocking here for the next three months are invited to take part in a traditional dance, before being shown a video on the huge dome screen which measures 30 metres in diameter. The futuristic Sea Orbiter of architect Jacques Rougerie, is central to the French pavilion. It uses currents to drift across the ocean and is a prototype, as designer Jacques Rougerie explains, "It's a vessel which can sail along the Gulfstream with 18 passengers on board who can continually gaze below the surface." Construction of the Sea Orbiter could start before the end of the year. Visitors of the Spanish pavilion enter a darkened space illuminated by the changing lights of the tubes with samples of water collected from 5000 metres below the surface. They evoke the 2010 Malaspina Expedition: a project aimed at evaluating the impact of climate change in the ocean. *Italy celebrates its ancient Marine Republics* Alongside Italy's newest technologies for exploring the sea and the recovery artistic artefacts are high definition holographic projections all attracting visitors. The German pavilion takes <b>...</b>