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China has licensed the service of Korean games in China for the first time since THAAD retaliatory.

Expectations are emerging that China's ban on the Korean Wave, the so-called Korean-Korean regime, will be released.



Correspondent Kim Ji-sung from Beijing.



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It is a mobile game called'Summoners War' made by Korean game company Com2uS.



After 4 years of application, I received a service permit in China.



This is the first time that China has allowed Korean games since it launched THAAD retaliation in March 2017.



In particular, it is taken in a greater sense as China is reducing the permits of even its own games for reasons such as youth protection.



[Kim Sang-hyun / Director of the Beijing Center, Korea Creative Content Agency: Games account for 87% of the exports of cultural contents (China).

It is expected that it will be an opportunity for Korean games to more actively seek to enter the Chinese market.]



Amid the conflict between the US and China, China has recently been giving out friendly messages to Korea one after another.



Foreign Minister Wang Yi agreed to designate next year and 2022 as the year of cultural exchange between Korea and China as the year of their visit to Korea, and as Chinese media reports raised disputes over the successor of kimchi, the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs hurried to evolve.



[Hwa Chun-ying/Spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China: I think there is more cooperation and sharing between us (Korea-China).]



Expectations are rising that Korean dramas and entertainment programs that have been suspended so far will be aired in China and K-pop performances will resume sooner or later.



[Kim Jin-gon/President of the Korean Cultural Center in China: The year of cultural exchange between Korea and China is to expand cultural exchange, so if there are restrictions or restrictions, it would be a prerequisite to remove them.]



President Xi Jinping Only a decision remains, but there are observations that the Korean government will be released in earnest in line with President Xi's visit to Korea.



(Video coverage: Choi Deokhyun, video editing: Jung Yonghwa, CG: Park Dongsu)