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

It is raising expectations that China's ban on the Korean Wave, the so-called Korean Wave, 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, China is reducing the license even for its own games due to the protection of youth, so it is taken in a greater sense.



[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.

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the midst of the US-China conflict, China has recently been delivering 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 country of origin of kimchi, the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs hastened 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).]



There is a growing expectation that Korean dramas and entertainment programs, which have been suspended so far, that airings in China and K-pop performances will resume soon.



[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.