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Culture ministers of S. Korea, Japan, China to meet for 1st time in 4 years
SEOUL, Sept. 5 (Yonhap) -- The culture ministers of South Korea, Japan and China will hold a meeting later this week to discuss ways to expand cultural exchanges and cooperation among the Asian neighbors, the Seoul government said Tuesday.
South Korean Culture Minister Park Bo-gyoon will attend the 14th trilateral ministerial meeting with Japanese counterpart Keiko Nagaoka and Chinese counterpart Hu Heping at the National Intangible Heritage Center in Jeonju, a historic city located about 240 kilometers south of Seoul, from Thursday to Friday.
It will be their first in-person talks in four years as virtual conferences replaced previous meetings since the COVID-19 pandemic.
"The cultural minister meeting of South Korea, China and Japan is a strategic platform dedicated to cultural and person-to-person exchanges in East Asia," Park said in a release. "The upcoming meeting is expected to have in-depth discussions on ways to further expand the scope of cultural and people-to-people exchanges."
On Thursday, the ministers will have back-to-back bilateral meetings and a trilateral session, and visit a craft exhibition jointly held by the three nations.
The next day, they will announce a joint declaration outlining ways to bolster cultural exchanges of young generations and cooperation in the entertainment content industry, according to the ministry.
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