Saint-Paul-de-Vence, France — President Lee Jae Myung on Monday called for the establishment of a partnership linking promising local cultural content creators with global distribution platforms, describing it as an important system he said will benefit the global film industry. Lee made the remarks at a roundtable with the chiefs of leading content companies from South Korea, France and others under the title of “New Perspectives on Local and Global Co-prosperity.” The rare meeting was held on the sidelines of the Lumiere Summit co-chaired by Lee and French President Emmanuel Macron in the French resort town of Saint-Paul-de-Vence. The event sought to explore ways to enhance cooperation to help advance the global cultural industry through mutual sustainable support. Participants included Yoon Sang-hyun, chief executive officer (CEO) of CJ ENM; Choi Soo-yeon, CEO of Naver; Pierre-Antoine Capton, CEO of French media conglomerate Mediawan; and Isabel Haskey, vice president at Netflix. Lee highlighted that now is the time when the uniqueness of local stories can serve as a source of global
