1. Journalists from major media outlets in China will visit Seoul, Gangneung and Pyeongchang from November 27 to 30 as part of the Foreign Ministry’s “program for exchange between ROK and Chinese journalists.”

o Journalists from China’s major media outlets, including Global Times, People's Daily, China Daily and Xinhua News Agency, will participate in the program.

2. The Chinese journalists will join exchange programs with the ROK’s media outlets in Seoul on November 27-28, and visit Gangneung and Pyeongchang on November 29-30 to take a look around the venues for the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games.

o In Seoul, the Chinese journalists will hold a meeting with the Journalists Association of Korea, attend a dinner hosted by the Foreign Ministry, and visit Dong-A Ilbo.

3. The “program for exchange between ROK and Chinese journalists” has been conducted by the Foreign Ministry since 1995 to enhance exchanges and cooperation between ROK and Chinese journalists, and help them better understand each other. Since the second half of 2010, ROK and Chinese journalists have visited each other’s countries every year.

4. The upcoming program is expected to help the people of the two countries feel closer to each other, and especially serve as a good opportunity to promote the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games among the people of China.


* unofficial translation