The South Korean Minister of Unification expressed his intention on expanding cultural exchange with North Korea in a conference on Friday.

“I’ve been thinking of promoting the unification movement in a more cultural way,” Unification Minister Ryoo Kihl-jae said in a conference hosted by the Korean National Association of Christian Pastors in Soongsil University. “It’s culture and art which can arouse sympathy, after all.”

The Ministry of Unification plans to hold an exhibition dedicated to unification in the heart of Seoul at the end of May, Ryoo said.

“Should many inter-Korean cultural exchange projects bloom with North Korea’s response, it