Wi Sung-lac, head of the Office of National Security at the Blue House, on the 5th said of the results of the South Korea-China summit, "We also built an advanced consensus on restoring cultural content exchanges between South Korea and China," adding, "Both sides reached a consensus to gradually and step by step expand cultural content exchanges starting from areas acceptable to both, and agreed to push forward consultations on the details."
The Deputy Minister held a briefing at the Beijing Press Center that afternoon and said, "We decided to move forward with exchanges in Go and soccer, and for drama, film, and the like, we agreed to seek progress under consultations between working-level departments." In particular, regarding pandas, a symbol of private-sector friendship between the two countries, the issue of additional lending was raised by Korea, and the Chinese side also agreed to consult at the working level, the Deputy Minister said.
On Go becoming a symbol of cultural content exchanges, the Deputy Minister said, "It seems China knows that President Lee Jae-myung likes Go," adding, "In that vein, there was a positive-toned response that it would be good to try exchanges in Go."
The Deputy Minister said, "Outside of Go and soccer, there were no immediate responses, and we said we should address them gradually through working-level consultations," adding, "China's position was not an admission of the existence of the so-called 'Korean Wave ban,' and during the conversation there was also a bit of joking along the lines of 'there's no need to argue over whether that exists or not.'"