Singer and co-chair of the Presidential Committee on Well-liked Tradition Alternate, Park Jin-young, expresses hope for Korea-China cultural ties in an Instagram submit uploaded on Nov. 2. [SCREEN CAPTURE]
Singer and co-chair of the Presidential Committee on Well-liked Tradition Alternate, Park Jin-young, mentioned he met Chinese language President Xi Jinping and expressed hope that “the 2 nations’ peoples can come nearer by means of widespread tradition and share extra tales collectively.”
“I used to be really glad to fulfill President Xi and converse with him,” the Ok-pop mogul mentioned in an Instagram submit on Sunday. “I sincerely thank him for listening and providing sort phrases.”
A photograph uploaded with the submit exhibits Park standing alongside President Lee Jae Myung and President Xi, showing to have interaction in dialog. The submit was written in Korean and Chinese language.
Park met Xi throughout a state dinner held on Saturday as a part of the Korea-China summit, attending in his capability as committee co-chair. Park, who debuted as a singer in 1992, based a Ok-pop company in 1997 that later got here to be named JYP Leisure — one of many greatest corporations within the business, dwelling to boy band Stray Children, woman group Twice and lots of extra. He was named co-head of the committee for his many years of expertise as an artist, producer and entrepreneur in Ok-pop.
In a while Saturday, Democratic Celebration Rep. Kim Younger-bae wrote on Fb, “President Lee Jae Myung, President Xi and Presidential Committee on Well-liked Tradition Alternate chief Park Jin-young briefly spoke, and when the thought of a large-scale efficiency in Beijing got here up, President Xi responded positively and known as over International Minister Wang Yi to offer directions.”
Kim added, “It could be the second when not solely the ban is lifted, but in addition the door opens vast for the full-scale enlargement of Ok-culture.”
![President Lee Jae Myung, right, and JYP Entertainment founder and co-chair of the newly established Presidential Committee on Popular Culture Exchange Park Jin-young pose for photos at the K-culture exhibition zone inside Kintex in Goyang, Gyeonggi, on Oct. 1. [PRESIDENTIAL OFFICE]](https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/data/photo/2025/11/03/c8f4f9ca-c693-44e5-9eb0-13da4149ce9c.jpg)
President Lee Jae Myung, proper, and JYP Leisure founder and co-chair of the newly established Presidential Committee on Well-liked Tradition Alternate Park Jin-young pose for pictures on the Ok-culture exhibition zone inside Kintex in Goyang, Gyeonggi, on Oct. 1. [PRESIDENTIAL OFFICE]
Nonetheless, the presidential committee launched an announcement the following day, saying that the dialog between Xi and Park was “a well mannered change of pleasantries throughout a diplomatic occasion,” and cautioned in opposition to overinterpretation, calling it “untimely and speculative.” The committee added, “Because the Korea-China summit has helped enhance the environment of pleasant cooperation between the 2 nations, we hope it would result in extra lively cultural change sooner or later.”
The Korean pop business sees a possible reopening of the Chinese language market as a serious alternative. Nonetheless, given the native market’s complexities, business insiders are taking a cautious strategy relatively than leaping to conclusions.
China started unofficially banning Korean music, dramas and movies round 2016 in retaliation for the deployment of the Terminal Excessive Altitude Space Protection system by U.S. forces in Korea. Since then, Korean pop acts haven’t been permitted to carry concert events in China.
Whereas some Ok-pop stars of non-Korean nationality have often appeared on Chinese language tv packages, full-fledged Ok-pop group concert events haven’t taken place. As a substitute, artists have solely held small-scale fan conferences with out reside performances, and solely from time to time.
BY HYEON YE-SEUL [[email protected]]
