The Sunfull Movement, which campaigns for positive online comments, launched a “Korea-China youth cyberdiplomatic corps” with People.cn, the Web portal of China’s state-run newspaper People’s Daily, in Seoul on Thursday.

Korean members of the cyber diplomatic corps joined forces with Chinese netizens to encourage posting of positive online comments and counter cyber-bullying. They also plan to run campaigns to promote the two countries’ traditional culture, food and tourism.

“I hope the Korea-China youth cyber diplomatic corps will serve as an opportunity for Korean and Chinese netizens to support and encourage each other,” said Kim Joo-wan, a Korean student attending the ceremony.

The Sunfull Movement has been working closely with China as part of its efforts to create a peaceful environment on the Internet.

Earlier this year, Korean netizens sent a book of condolences to families of victims of the Sichuan earthquake that hit China last year. Likewise, Chinese netizens left words of comfort on a memorial website for the dead and missing students from the Sewol ferry accident.

In February, the Sunfull Movement headquarters confirmed the launch of a Sochi Winter Olympics Korea-China cybercheering squad to support the Korean and Chinese delegations to the Winter Olympics online.

“I believe the launch of this movement will contribute to enhancing Korea-China relations,” said Min Byoung-chul, chairman and founder of the movement.

“A single slanderous comment on the Internet may hurt someone’s feelings or even possibly cause international conflict,” he added.

Initiated by Min in 2007, the Sunfull Movement has become a nationwide movement in which more than 6,000 schools and civic groups are participating.

The name of the movement originated from “sun,” a Korean word meaning good, and “full,” which refers to the word “reply.”

By Kim Da-sol (dasolkim@heraldcorp.com)