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Last year, he contributed six papers to journals indexed by the National Research Foundation of Korea, including “A Study on Policies Utilizing the Prevalence of Gambling Addiction in the Gambling Industry,” and led younger colleagues and young people in recognizing the pressing challenges facing the horse racing industry through writing and presentations.In a phone interview with this paper, Acting Head of the Horse Racing Headquarters Kim Jong-guk said, “This is a time when wisdom and patience are needed to untangle the complex threads of the horse racing world,

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Kim Jong-guk, Director of the Racing Headquarters, who emphasized the importance of customized customer services for improving the image of the horse racing industry and the significance of online betting both on-site and through consistent research publications, published Theory and Practice of Equestrian Betting Operations in April 1995 and thereafter studied the equestrian betting systems and horse racing systems of major advanced horse racing countries, and earned his master’s thesis in 2003 with a study titled

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During his 30 years at the Korea Racing Authority, he researched the expansion of customer service, the internet betting business, gambling industry regulation, and issues related to illegal gambling. Service team leader, head of the horse racing management office. Served as General Affairs Manager, Director of Business, Director of Off-track Betting, Branch Manager, and Head of the Fair Horse Racing Headquarters. This is the first case since the related regulations were changed at the end of 2016, where a Grade 1 executive was appointed to an executive-level division head position.

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On Tuesday the 16th, the Korea Racing Authority, in its report on the status of major tasks to the Agriculture, Forestry, Livestock, Food, and Maritime Affairs Committee of the 315th Extraordinary Session of the National Assembly, presented the major achievements of 2012, an analysis of the business environment and directions for response, key projects to be pursued in 2013, and urgent issues and policy recommendations.The Korea Racing Authority proposed that, as illegal horse racing continues to rise, causing severe damage such as massive tax revenue outflow and gambling addiction, a major government crackdown is needed to legitimize the underground economy and minimize the social losses caused by gambling.

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Illegal private horse racing has been rapidly spreading through the internet since 2005, and research has shown that the market size for illegal private horse racing reached a record high of 22.37 trillion won in 2009, then showed an upward trend again to 8.7 trillion won in 2010 and 9.77 trillion won in 2011.Dr. Park Kyung-rae also argued that the current contraction in the horse racing market is due to the fact that it operates only offline, so ignoring the introduction of a real-time horse racing system using the internet or mobile devices makes it difficult to expect any further influx of new customers, and he argued that regulatory policies for the horse racing industry need to be reconsidered from the ground up.

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On September 6, the Korea Racing Authority, which had made major personnel changes in the second half of the year, including the head of the Illegal Horse Racing Crackdown Headquarters and regional center chiefs, appointed former Fair Horse Racing Headquarters head Kim Jong-guk as acting head of the new Racing Headquarters on the 13th.Kim Jong-guk, acting head of the Racing Headquarters, graduated from the Department of Public Administration at University of Seoul, earned a master’s degree from the Graduate School of Business at University of Seoul,

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We ask for your active interest and participation.Based on the already planned Saemangeum Horse Industry Complex, we look forward to the active cooperation and support of related agencies and the government in reflecting the association’s Saemangeum Racehorse Joint Production and Development Complex—a national project—into the national agenda, so that we can drastically reduce operating costs and produce and develop high-quality racehorses, thereby promoting the sustainable development of racehorse breeding farms and Korean horse racing.

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Although there is some support from the Korea Racing Authority, the current auction market, which focuses mainly on two-year-olds and has producers cover most of the costs of early and late-stage breeding, is increasing the burden on producers. If conditions are created in the future so that the association takes the lead in nurturing the later generation, active support is needed.Ideally, to restructure the auction market to focus on first-generation horses, as in advanced countries, various support measures and systems should also be put in place.

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Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs—must once again tighten their reins, unite with renewed determination, and work together to pave the way for a new leap forward so that the horse industry, including horse racing, can quickly establish itself as a new engine of growth.The operational difficulties of inland racehorse producers are more severe than ever. With the liberalization of imported foreign horses, the owners’ purchasing power for domestic horses has declined, and the auction market is still facing a downturn.

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Starting this fall semester, Sejong University’s Graduate School of Industry will launch the country’s first master’s program in the “horse industry.” I ask many people involved in the horse industry to take an interest and participate. I believe that if master’s-level experts are produced with the active support of the horse industry sector, it will greatly contribute to the development of the horse industry. We ask for your continued interest and participation.Kim Hak-shin, a professor at Sejong University’s Graduate School of Industry,

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On Tuesday the 16th, the Korea Racing Authority, in its report on the status of major tasks to the Agriculture, Forestry, Livestock, Food, and Maritime Affairs Committee of the 315th Extraordinary Session of the National Assembly, presented the major achievements of 2012, an analysis of the business environment and directions for response, key projects to be pursued in 2013, and urgent issues and policy recommendations.The Korea Racing Authority proposed that, as illegal horse racing continues to rise, causing severe damage such as massive tax revenue outflow and gambling addiction, a major government crackdown is needed to legitimize the underground economy and minimize the social losses caused by gambling.

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Gathering businesspeople for programs and events is several times more effective than targeting the general public. If these people become passionate about equestrianism, they could also contribute to the development of equestrianism through sponsorship. The grassroots equestrian competitions being promoted by the Korea Racing Authority also have a good purpose, so if they attract businesspeople, sponsorships for promoting their own companies could naturally follow.Also, even just offering training, study tours, and programs for businesspeople

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Seoul Racecourse Park (Director Kim Byung-jin) announced that starting with the Korean Derby horse racing event scheduled for May, it will implement a preliminary registration system for major horse racing events held at Seoul Racecourse Park.The Seoul Racecourse Park authorities have decided to implement a provisional registration system for the major horse racing events scheduled to be held this year, so that participating horses can pre-register one month in advance to boost horse racing fans’ interest in the big events and to promote major horse racing competitions ahead of time.The Seoul Racecourse Park officials said that to increase participation in the preliminary registration system, horses that register as preliminary registrants will be allowed to do so free of charge, and if a horse registered as a preliminary registrant participates in the race after the first and second entry registrations and is then placed in the final race, the first entry registration fee will be refunded.

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Every semester, I do a two-week trial riding program at the Korea Racing Authority Equestrian Academy. Even gathering company CEOs and opinion leaders who can fully serve as the vanguard for promoting equestrianism, the Korea Racing Authority does not seem interested. That's really something I can't understand. Regardless of funding support, even offering just in-depth programs or special lectures to these people would attract many equestrian culture CEO alumni and produce great results.Support should also provide full support and backing.

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If I were to say I’m at a semi-professional level, I’d be embarrassed. As a supervising professor, I was constantly on the ground to ensure that students could take riding classes safely and properly, so I gradually internalized it through my own experience.Just as business leaders contributed to promoting golf, they need to take the lead in revitalizing the culture of equestrian consumption. The students of the equestrian culture CEO course were made up of such opinion leaders, but it is regrettable that the horse industry shows no interest at all.

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As mentioned earlier, do not speak negatively of other riding clubs, and instead find your own unique characteristics to give your club its own distinct identity. In the mobile age, where consumers choose everything in the palm of their hand, simply saying that we are the best equestrian center means nothing to them. What matters more is how much service is provided with the consumer at the center. Since you can’t do everything, you need to find something specialized. It would be good to make use of the natural environment of one’s own region

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The reason why facility operation and development, marketing, distribution, service, events, and program planning are necessary is for the consumers. The consumer market can only be revitalized by becoming consumer-centered, but currently the equestrian industry is centered on riding stables rather than consumers. Whether it’s appointing an instructor with a sports background, putting horses at the forefront, or relying on facilities and atmosphere, it is not consumer-centered. Other leisure sports,

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Facilities are also being developed with customers in mind, and they are carrying out events, programs, and communication services, but the equestrian industry remains unchanged from the past.Professor Kim emphasized that to revitalize the culture of equestrian consumption, business leaders need to take the lead. Just as businesspeople contributed to promoting golf, they could also play a leading role in revitalizing equestrian activities, but the horse industry is not paying any attention to this, which is regrettable.

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Rather than that, we need to first ensure that basic facilities such as changing rooms and showers are well equipped, and then carefully tailor everything step by step through facilities or layout arrangements that allow accompanying people to watch the horseback riding.In golf, known as a nearby leisure sport, this aspect is well utilized. In the past, golf instructors who taught golf would pressure their golf customers and teach them by boasting that they were former players. However, as golf gradually became more popular and spread,

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Nam Tae-heon, Director of Livestock Policy at the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, presented on the topic “Measures for Promoting the Horse Industry in Accordance with the Horse Industry Promotion Act,” covering the background and current status of the promotion of the horse industry, the five-year comprehensive plan for promoting the horse industry, and the government’s current and future policies for promoting the horse industry.In a keynote presentation titled “Is the Gambling Industry Truly Subject to Regulation?”, Dong-A Ilbo reporter Cho Seong-ha introduced examples from other countries regarding gambling industry regulation and presented the current problems with domestic gambling industry regulation and directions for improvement. Reporter Cho pointed out the problem with the social attitude that, seeing only the negative effects of gambling, even condemns the licensed gambling industry as evil, and stated that the government bears responsibility for this.

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In particular, when the Lottery Commission was transferred from under the Prime Minister’s Office to the Ministry of Strategy and Finance in 2008, the lottery and Toto business, with a pure profit margin reaching 40%, inevitably became a lucrative venture for expanding tax revenue, so despite being repeatedly rejected, it continues to request an annual increase in the total lottery issuance sales quota and does not adhere to the sales quota limit, thereby emphasizing the unnecessary nature of the sales quota.In particular, last year the Ministry of Culture and Tourism and the Ministry of Strategy and Finance attempted a major deal with the Gambling Control Commission, aiming to transfer the total volume of lotteries and Toto to the relevant ministries over the proposed amendment to the Gambling Control Commission Act, but the effort ended after intense media backlash, with the matter concluding on the basis that exception clauses could be established.

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Preliminary registration horses will be published on the website immediately after the preliminary registration period ends, and will also be featured in the Saturday-Sunday edition of “Today’s Race” the week after preliminary registration takes place.The Ministry of Strategy and Finance’s Lottery Commission, which seeks to abolish the total lottery sales cap, and the Integrated Supervisory Committee on Gambling under the Prime Minister’s Office, which rejects it, are clashing head-on over the total lottery sales volume cap.While the Lottery Commission is seeking an exception to the sales limit for lotteries, which it says is ineffective, the Gambling Supervision Commission argues that since the sales plan submitted by the Lottery Commission this year is smaller than the sales limit set by the Gambling Supervision Commission, there is no need to apply an exception to the sales limit.

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For the equestrian industry to grow and develop, local riding clubs themselves need to have their own grading system. And you also need to provide services and marketing at a level that matches that. Relevant organizations should establish standards for industry standardization, and educational institutions such as schools should ensure that standardized services are provided to consumers through the development of active educational programs. Only then can the overall image of the horse industry improve and continue to develop.

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Whether you are abroad or in a regional area, if you have the will, you can learn sufficiently. Even overseas, in places like China and Southeast Asia, if people want to learn about our language industry, they are not limited by spatial constraints. Because the curriculum can be conducted even from a distant location, instructors training on site can also earn their master’s degree without coming into a classroom. And instead of a graduation thesis, it is also possible to graduate by completing major courses.

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Of course, it's not me. We will invite the top experts in the horse industry field to conduct a class. I mean someone who has both skill and recognition. Since it is a graduate-level program, it would likely be someone with a master's degree or higher. Some may also raise the question of whether there is no curriculum. This is also an area that can be misunderstood by those who are not familiar with it, but the basic course curriculum of our graduate school is well established. It was well organized and broken down into areas such as marketing,