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South Korean President Vows to Ensure Further Seoul-Pyongyang Cultural Exchanges

© REUTERS / Korea Summit Press PoolSouth Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attend a banquet on the Peace House at the truce village of Panmunjom inside the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas, South Korea, April 27, 2018
South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attend a banquet on the Peace House at the truce village of Panmunjom inside the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas, South Korea, April 27, 2018 - Sputnik International
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - South Korean President Moon Jae-in vowed Friday to ensure that the cultural exchanges between Seoul and Pyongyang would continue and intensify.

"The exchanges that were launched by South and North Korean art performance groups should continue and the South and the North should meet more frequently… I will do my best to make sure the exchanges between the South and the North… will continue to flow without stopping," Moon said during a meeting with a group of South Korean artists in Seoul, as quoted by the Yonhap news agency.

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A North Korean art troupe performed at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics in February. The cultural exchange was reciprocated in April by a group of South Korean artists.

South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un walk together at the truce village of Panmunjom inside the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas, South Korea, April 27, 2018 - Sputnik International
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