The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism will operate a working-level council to support services related to cultural content and the export of such content.

The ministry said Wednesday that seven organizations will take part in the envisioned council, including the Korea Creative Content Agency, the Korean Film Council, the Korea Tourism Organization and the Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency.

The ministry and the seven agencies plan on opening a “Korean stars licensing exhibition” in Thailand in October as a joint trial project to boost cooperation in supporting exports of Korean cultural content.

The ministry noted that the influence of content industries is large and that the popularity of Korean TV dramas has led to increases in exports of related products.