The Korea Sports & Olympic Committee gives a "positive evaluation" of the results of the Korea-U.S. summit... "The government's commitment to protecting agriculture is clear"

The Korea Federation of Agricultural Cooperatives (hereinafter referred to as "KFAC") highly evaluated the results of the Korea-U.S. summit talks and urged that the principles for protecting Korean agriculture be upheld until the final documentation of the negotiations. On the 29th, the Presidential Office stated in a briefing on the results of the Korea-U.S. summit talks, "In the agricultural sector, including sensitive items such as rice and beef, additional market openings were thoroughly defended, and agreements were made to strengthen cooperation and communication between the two countries in quarantine procedures, among other things." In this regard, the KFAC expressed gratitude to the government and agricultural policy officials for not giving up on agriculture and farmers and for protecting them to the end. The KFAC stated, "Since the broad agreement in July, the tension in the agricultural sector has eased due to the undisclosed details of the negotiations, but ...