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Since the 2007 Sea Story incident, it has also published various policy reports on the comprehensive plan for the sound development of the gambling industry. In August, it earned a doctorate in policy studies with "a study on the process of policy changes in the regulation of the gambling industry by a policy network model," drawing attention as the country's No. 1 research authority on the gambling industry. Acting head of the horse racing headquarters, Kim Jong-kook, who has consistently contributed to the illegal gambling industry in this newspaper, is currently preparing to publish after writing Understanding the Horse Industry as a textbook related to the horse industry. At a recent conference hosted by the Lottery Association Cooperative, it also presented a study on the regulation of the domestic gambling industry and an analysis of the horse racing industry survey.
Saturday, January 17 2026 - 03:12 AM
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Kim Jong-guk, the acting head of the horse racing headquarters, graduated from the University of Seoul Department of Public Administration, received a master's degree from the University of Seoul Graduate School of Business, and obtained a doctorate in sports and cultural welfare policy from the Seoul National University of Science and Technology in August. During his 30 years in the Korean Racing Authority, he has studied customer service expansion, Internet betting business, gambling industry regulations and illegal gambling industry issues. Service team leader, head of the horse racing management department. He served as the general affairs management department, business manager, over-the-counter manager, branch manager, and fair racing head. This is the first time that first-class executives and employees have been appointed to the executive-level headquarters since related regulations were changed at the end of 2016.
Saturday, January 17 2026 - 03:08 AM
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Park Sung-ki, secretary-general of the Enforcement Industry Supervision Committee, emphasized the need for budget, organization, and cooperation to crack down on illegal gambling. Heo Tae-kyun, a psychology professor at Korea University, said, "In Japan, illegal gambling is called gambling and the legal gambling industry is called Gamble," and pointed out, "The legal gambling industry should be developed into sound leisure, and illegal gambling should be prevented unconditionally regardless of the profits flowing into the legal gambling industry." "There are investigations that the regulation of legal gambling projects is not helping to eradicate illegal gambling at all," said Professor of the Department of Criminology at Kwangwoon University in Jonghwa Lee, and Hong Deok-hwa, head of the Citizens' Solidarity for Addiction Prevention, said, "If we block the illegal gambling market worth more than 100 trillion won, we can solve the civil servants' pension."
Saturday, January 17 2026 - 03:06 AM
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Park Sung-ki, secretary-general of the Enforcement Industry Supervision Committee, emphasized the need for budget, organization, and cooperation to crack down on illegal gambling. Heo Tae-kyun, a psychology professor at Korea University, said, "In Japan, illegal gambling is called gambling and the legal gambling industry is called Gamble," and pointed out, "The legal gambling industry should be developed into sound leisure, and illegal gambling should be prevented unconditionally regardless of the profits flowing into the legal gambling industry." "There are investigations that the regulation of legal gambling projects is not helping to eradicate illegal gambling at all," said Professor of the Department of Criminology at Kwangwoon University in Jonghwa Lee, and Hong Deok-hwa, head of the Citizens' Solidarity for Addiction Prevention, said, "If we block the illegal gambling market worth more than 100 trillion won, we can solve the civil servants' pension."
Saturday, January 17 2026 - 03:03 AM
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In particular, local governments are attractive in that they have no tax resistance as they can contribute to the expansion of local finances without increasing the tax burden on the people. Some point out that the government is trying to raise the tax rate of leisure tax items and introduce casino tax, following resident tax and automobile tax, under the pretext of strengthening poor local finances.However, opposition is also expected to be strong. Amid mounting voices calling for the legal gambling industry to strengthen its competitiveness while the legal gambling industry is suffering further social damage due to strong regulations by the integrated supervision committee, raising the leisure tax seems to be an anachronistic idea to stifle the legal gambling industry and eventually kill the entire legal gambling industry.
Saturday, January 17 2026 - 02:59 AM
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This horse was purchased by my father at the time of the U.S. auction and was named and managed by my mother. I haven't seen racing consistently, but I think it is suitable for Korean racing due to the nature of my horse race, so I participated in this competition. I'm always rooting for him, but I'm so happy that he ran a good race. My father is registered as a foreigner face-to-face in Korea, and he wants to contribute to the development of Korean horse racing by introducing training facilities and technologies in Jeju. I want to take today's joy to Japan and enjoy it. I watched the race with great excitement. Since Fujii had a lot of experience in Korea, I heard a lot of stories and prepared for the development. I don't like horses to splatter in sand, so I studied a lot about how to overcome this.
Saturday, January 17 2026 - 02:33 AM
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As a premise, it is necessary to strengthen the crackdown capabilities of the Gambling Industry Integration Supervision Committee. Sixth, for illegal gambling that is still buried in illegality and does not comply with government policies, sanctions should be strong enough to take full advantage of not only traditional penalties such as imprisonment and fines, but also the criminal return system. Korea's legal gambling industry has been tied to the total sales system and has only focused on "sharing total" competition among legal gambling industries, but now it is facing a triple whammy (苦) that must prepare for competition with overseas markets and at the same time overcome the fight against illegal gambling, which has become deformed. You may not want to admit it, but illegal gambling has already become a dark side of society, and it is becoming increasingly difficult to crack down and punish illegal gambling.
Saturday, January 17 2026 - 02:30 AM
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Under this recognition, this article aims to restore a healthy Korea by seeking fundamental countermeasures to face illegal gambling. First, it is now necessary to implement a combined illegal integrated gross sales system that can encompass the illegal market by breaking away from the view of total quantity, which was previously focused only on the legal market. To this end, the gambling industry integration supervisory committee should conduct regular surveys on illegal gambling and develop realistic policies that can absorb the illegal market as much as possible into the legal market. Second, it is necessary to strengthen the competitiveness of our legal gambling industry so that it can target both illegal and overseas markets at the same time. To this end, it is necessary to establish a strategy differentiated from illegal and overseas markets, while dramatically improving refund rates and betting methods.
Saturday, January 17 2026 - 02:26 AM
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Lee Won-hee, director of the Public Institution Research Center of the Korea Institute of Taxation and Finance, Park Sung-ki, secretary-general of the Gaseung Industry Integration Supervision Committee, Huh Tae-kyun, professor of psychology at Korea University, Jonghwa Lee, professor of criminology at Kwangwoon University, and Hong Deok-hwa, head of the Citizens' Solidarity for Addiction Prevention, presented various opinions on domestic policy directions, including views and countermeasures on illegal gambling in each specialized field.Park Sung-ki, secretary-general of the Audit and Inspection Committee, stressed the need for budget, organization and cooperation in cracking down on illegal gambling, saying, "There are three incumbent police officers in the audit committee, but they are in poor conditions for actual crackdowns."
Saturday, January 17 2026 - 02:02 AM
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In particular, the task of organizing, and streamlining non-core businesses was to be addressed, and theme parks and horseback riding classes other than the horse racing business should be entrusted to the private sector, and idle assets should be sold.Regarding the promotion of the function adjustment of public institutions, an official from the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry and its affiliated organizations said, "The goal is currently set. It is not yet clear how the adjustment will be made. As the implementation of the function adjustment has been decided, the horse racing society will come up with a practical plan through the service. The basic thing is not to reduce the size or role of the horse racing society. However, the horse racing society will focus more on the horse racing industry, which is important for fostering the horse industry, and allow the private sector to participate in non-core projects," he said.
Saturday, January 17 2026 - 01:58 AM
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The size of the Korean Horse Association is expected to be reduced. As part of the government's reform of the public sector, the organization of the Korean Horse Association will be reorganized to focus on the horse racing business, and non-core projects will be entrusted to the private sector. The government held the 8th Public Institution Steering Committee meeting presided over by Vice Minister of Strategy and Finance Moon Jae-gyu on the 27th and decided on "Promotion of Function Adjustment in Three Major Public Institution." As a core task of the three-year economic innovation plan, the government, which is pushing for public sector reform through normalization of public institutions, has decided to promote function adjustment, strengthening core functions, and expanding private participation in 87 public institutions in three major areas: Social Overhead Capital (SOC), agriculture, forestry, fisheries, and culture and arts.
Saturday, January 17 2026 - 01:53 AM
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This horse was purchased by my father at the time of the U.S. auction and was named and managed by my mother. I haven't seen racing consistently, but I think it is suitable for Korean racing due to the nature of my horse race, so I participated in this competition. I'm always rooting for him, but I'm so happy that he ran a good race. My father is registered as a foreigner face-to-face in Korea, and he wants to contribute to the development of Korean horse racing by introducing training facilities and technologies in Jeju. I want to take today's joy to Japan and enjoy it. I watched the race with great excitement. Since Fujii had a lot of experience in Korea, I heard a lot of stories and prepared for the development. I don't like horses to splatter in sand, so I studied a lot about how to overcome this.
Saturday, January 17 2026 - 01:26 AM
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This horse was purchased by my father at the time of the U.S. auction and was named and managed by my mother. I haven't seen racing consistently, but I think it is suitable for Korean racing due to the nature of my horse race, so I participated in this competition. I'm always rooting for him, but I'm so happy that he ran a good race. My father is registered as a foreigner face-to-face in Korea, and he wants to contribute to the development of Korean horse racing by introducing training facilities and technologies in Jeju. I want to take today's joy to Japan and enjoy it. I watched the race with great excitement. Since Fujii had a lot of experience in Korea, I heard a lot of stories and prepared for the development. I don't like horses to splatter in sand, so I studied a lot about how to overcome this.
Saturday, January 17 2026 - 01:24 AM
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However, if excessive demand for gambling can be induced by interest in sports, games and related industries underlying the demand for gambling, response to illegal gambling has a good chance of winning. Therefore, I propose our society to make a decision. While all three applicants failed to designate special zones for horse industry, two applicants filed for re-announcement. The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs plans to complete review of the designation by the end of June.At the end of April, the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs concluded that all candidate sites were unsuitable for the designation of horse industrial zones after conducting business plans, on-site inspections, and presentation reviews of the three local governments (Gyeonggi Hwaseong, Icheon and Anseong, Gyeonggi Province, and Gyeongsangbuk-do Province, Sangju, Gumi, Gunwi, Yeongcheon).
Saturday, January 17 2026 - 01:20 AM
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Under this recognition, this article aims to restore a healthy Korea by seeking fundamental countermeasures to face illegal gambling. First, it is now necessary to implement a combined illegal integrated gross sales system that can encompass the illegal market by breaking away from the view of total quantity, which was previously focused only on the legal market. To this end, the gambling industry integration supervisory committee should conduct regular surveys on illegal gambling and develop realistic policies that can absorb the illegal market as much as possible into the legal market. Second, it is necessary to strengthen the competitiveness of our legal gambling industry so that it can target both illegal and overseas markets at the same time. To this end, it is necessary to establish a strategy differentiated from illegal and overseas markets, while dramatically improving refund rates and betting methods.
Saturday, January 17 2026 - 01:01 AM
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Park Sung-ki, secretary-general of the Enforcement Industry Supervision Committee, emphasized the need for budget, organization, and cooperation to crack down on illegal gambling. Heo Tae-kyun, a psychology professor at Korea University, said, "In Japan, illegal gambling is called gambling and the legal gambling industry is called Gamble," and pointed out, "The legal gambling industry should be developed into sound leisure, and illegal gambling should be prevented unconditionally regardless of the profits flowing into the legal gambling industry." "There are investigations that the regulation of legal gambling projects is not helping to eradicate illegal gambling at all," said Professor of the Department of Criminology at Kwangwoon University in Jonghwa Lee, and Hong Deok-hwa, head of the Citizens' Solidarity for Addiction Prevention, said, "If we block the illegal gambling market worth more than 100 trillion won, we can solve the civil servants' pension."
Saturday, January 17 2026 - 12:59 AM
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In particular, the task of organizing, and streamlining non-core businesses was to be addressed, and theme parks and horseback riding classes other than the horse racing business should be entrusted to the private sector, and idle assets should be sold.Regarding the promotion of the function adjustment of public institutions, an official from the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry and its affiliated organizations said, "The goal is currently set. It is not yet clear how the adjustment will be made. As the implementation of the function adjustment has been decided, the horse racing society will come up with a practical plan through the service. The basic thing is not to reduce the size or role of the horse racing society. However, the horse racing society will focus more on the horse racing industry, which is important for fostering the horse industry, and allow the private sector to participate in non-core projects," he said.
Saturday, January 17 2026 - 12:54 AM
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I'm not sure why but this blog is loading extremely slow for me.
Is anyone else having this problem or is it a problem on my end?
I'll check back later and see if the problem still exists.
Friday, January 16 2026 - 04:17 PM
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I think I followed him from dawn to evening, putting all my efforts and passion into it. Even now, jockey Park Tae-jong is very embarrassed during interviews, but at that time, he was shy enough to shoot 100 times to say a word. In the process, we became close to each other and later jockey Park Tae-jong even played pranks in front of the camera. The process of getting to know one person through the medium of broadcasting made me learn and realize so many things. I remember the series I conducted under the title of field trips. I always feel it while working here, but the fans seem to be full of misunderstanding and distrust as they watch the horse race with money. At that time, it was so severe that I desperately wanted to show them the live scene.
Friday, January 16 2026 - 11:13 AM
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Due to the urgent news, when I visited Mabang on the morning of the horse racing day, a fairly old person shouted, "It's unlucky when a woman comes." It's true that I didn't feel good, but on the other hand, I thought, "This is fun." It was because I thought that this culture could be dispelled carefully according to my efforts. Since then, I think I've been working hard to cover it. As a result, there are times when women's scarcity helps. Conversely, for them, the existence of me was unique, and as a lot of attention was gathered, it seemed easier to ask for a report or ask for cooperation. I always think that the basic tendency itself is new than what I always did. In fact, I try a lot of things with good intentions, but there are often times when I can't finish it. However, finishing even one out of 10 means that I have grown one step more than when I stayed there without challenges,
Friday, January 16 2026 - 11:08 AM
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However, there was a time when it was considered a symbol of men because it was mainly used for pulling, riding, or military use. In particular, after the middle of the Joseon Dynasty, an overly closed Confucian culture took hold in Korea, and the distance between women and horses increased. Furthermore, the rumor that "women in the year of the horse are strong" spread during the Japanese colonial era, and it was abused as a means to suppress the passport, and the goal became deeper. On the other hand, in a country where the horse industry has become more common, horses are being raised as if we are raising pets such as dogs and cats. There is no way that there is a distance between horses and women. Australia, famous for its high women's rights, has mostly been friends with horses from a very young age, regardless of whether it is men or women.
Friday, January 16 2026 - 11:00 AM
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When asked why the horse industry is not well promoted to the public today because he was a former executive of the Korea Racing Authority and took the lead in innovating and promoting his image, Professor Cho Jung-ki said, "To succeed in the horse industry, the public and private sectors must cooperate. The government is leading the horse industry as part of its livestock policy, so it may be limited. I hope the government will listen to and listen to the horse industry workers widely." In particular, people who entered the industry informed that they have a goal to make money, and they said that it takes time and effort to improve their awareness. For the horse industry to develop, both the government and officials had to think a lot. Nevertheless, he stressed that "the horse industry will undoubtedly develop.
Friday, January 16 2026 - 10:57 AM
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Minister Lee Dong-pil was appointed in March 2013 and has been serving as the Minister so far. At the meeting, Minister Lee Dong-pil said, "It has been three and a half years. There have been various incidents such as rice tariffication, Korea-China FTA, supply and demand insecurity, and foot-and-mouth disease." "As a researcher and a scholar-turned-minister, I would like to point out that the biggest achievement is the reorganization of basic statistics. We have established an epidemiological investigation system such as foot-and-mouth disease so that we can do what would take a week in about three hours beforehand," he said. "I tried to change the approach and paradigm of Korean agriculture," and added, "While serving as the Minister, we achieved improvement in the constitution of agriculture, and carried out agriculture in consideration of those aged 65 or older.
Friday, January 16 2026 - 10:53 AM
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We plan to go beyond the best in North Chungcheong Province and become the best horseback riding team in Korea. It is true that local governments such as North Chungcheong Province and Cheongju City have been lacking in support, but we hope that the foundation will give more attention. Now, under the name of Cheongju Youth Horseback Riding Team, we will support them so that they can achieve good results by participating in various competitions and strive for character education. Kwak Han-moo, CEO of Taesan Horseback Riding Town, said, "With the conclusion of the Korea-U.S. FTA, I entered the horseback riding business in 2007, thinking that I had a vision rather than a finishing business. The know-how to operate the horse racing facility stably for 10 years has been my mindset to put importance on principles.
Friday, January 16 2026 - 10:45 AM
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If it doesn't fit, they don't do it, and if it fits, they do it, but I am grateful that they listened to me. I think it is necessary to create a boom in horseback riding by expanding the support for horseback riding across the country, not limited to some regions. There will be an absolutely large number of horseback riding populations in Seoul and Gyeonggi Province, but what guarantee is there that only people from Seoul and Gyeonggi Province will ride well? The purpose of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry's horseback riding support project is to expand the base of the horseback riding population and discover excellent horseback riding talents. It is better to choose the first place from 50 million people than to choose the first place from 20 million people.
Friday, January 16 2026 - 10:37 AM