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The second business briefing and discussion session of the Horse Culture Complex Leisure Center, which is being implemented and detailed in the Suanbo Special Tourist Zone located in Suanbo-myeon, Chungju, was held at Tangeum Hall on the 3rd floor of Chungju City Hall on the 3rd floor of Chungju City Hall, attended by more than 300 people including local residents, civil society organizations, and Chungju City Council officials. The business briefing session, hosted by Chungju City, was held in the form of a 30-minute explanation of details such as understanding the development project of the Chungju Horse Culture Complex Leisure Center, analysis of development conditions, development plans, and support for cultural assembly facilities, and supplementary explanation by answering questions from the audience.
Friday, June 26 2026 - 06:18 AM
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The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries is currently pushing to revise the enforcement rules of the grassland law, which allows the use of auxiliary facilities such as horse-related facilities, livestock experience facilities, farm landscape facilities and simple rest facilities to be included within the scope of livestock breeding without a separate grassland-only permission, but horse riding facilities are not included. Therefore, the Jeju Special Self-Governing Province issued a revised opinion to the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries' "Enforcement Rules of the grasslands law" so that rural horse riding facilities can be used without going through grasslands-only permission and said it is compromising with the government.
Friday, June 26 2026 - 06:16 AM
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The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries is currently pushing to revise the enforcement rules of the grassland law, which allows the use of auxiliary facilities such as horse-related facilities, livestock experience facilities, farm landscape facilities and simple rest facilities to be included within the scope of livestock breeding without a separate grassland-only permission, but horse riding facilities are not included. Therefore, the Jeju Special Self-Governing Province issued a revised opinion to the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries' "Enforcement Rules of the grasslands law" so that rural horse riding facilities can be used without going through grasslands-only permission and said it is compromising with the government.
Friday, June 26 2026 - 06:11 AM
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Korean Horse Association to replace seed mares, racehorse producers spent 7.5 billion won to introduce a total of 179 overseas excellent seed mares in 2016 and 2017. In order to prevent the outflow of dollars for imported seed mares for breeding purposes, an institutional mechanism is needed to induce natural circulation from racehorses to seed mares by expanding the organization of preferential races for imported mares.The Saemangeum Joint Production Promotion Complex, which the association is ambitious to create a joint production and promotion complex for racehorses and to promote the sustainable development of Korean horse racing by drastically reducing management costs
Friday, June 26 2026 - 06:09 AM
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Preferably, in order to reorganize the auction market centered on one-year-old horses like developed countries, various support measures and systems such as limiting select auction horses and regularizing special races should be in place. Inland horses are efficiently using Let's Run Farm Jangsu's grasslands, and training has been possible regardless of weather conditions on the 400-meter indoor road of Let's Run Farm Jangsu, which was completed earlier this year. In a special race for the Breeze-up auction horse held at Let's Run Park Seoul on August 20 this year, inland horses' race power is being improved, with "Icheon Rice" and "Pulling Hands" ranked first and second.
Friday, June 26 2026 - 06:03 AM
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When asked about his acceptance speech, Professor Park Geum-ran said, "I am happy to receive a commendation from the Minister of Agriculture, despite many people who have worked hard to develop the domestic horse industry. I will take it as a meaning to contribute more to the development of the horse industry in the future, and I will work hard."Meanwhile, Seorabeol University is actively engaged in volunteer activities related to rehabilitation horseback riding to enhance and promote the image of the domestic horse industry. Masagwa of Seorabeol University participates in nearby rehabilitation centers for the disabled and events for the disabled every year to show rehabilitation horseback riding activities for social participation.
Friday, June 26 2026 - 06:00 AM
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Ceremony held at the Gyeongju Arts Center in Gyeongsangbuk-do on the 29th. Professor Park, who was appointed in 2011, has contributed greatly to attracting Seorabeol University from the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs as an institution to train professionals in the horse industry in 2014, and has devoted himself to research activities to produce professional manpower in the horse industry and develop the horse industry. In addition, he participated in the design and writing of national certificates for rehabilitation horseback riding in Korea, and made efforts to establish a foundation for rehabilitation horse riding in Korea and expand the base.
Friday, June 26 2026 - 05:54 AM
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Thanks to your efforts, the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs has prepared a budget and business guidelines to implement the student riding support project from January 2018, and as a result, it is very encouraging to increase the utilization rate of the horse racing facility even in winter, the off-season. A new beginning is always full of hope. The newly launched Korea Horse Racing Authority plans to do its best to resolve the livestock industry, the application of electricity for farming in horse racing, and the issue of horseback riding insurance as soon as possible. I think our ability can be doubled when we put it into practice with earnestness.
Friday, June 26 2026 - 05:52 AM
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There are various types of organizations, including related departments and associations, related organizations, and dozens of horse meat restaurants, but they do not gather together and are united. There is also an association of horse racing grounds (Chairman Noh Chul, CEO of OK Ranch), which is unprecedented in the inland, and it is empowering to speak out in one voice. In the background is the Jeju Special Self-Governing Province Festival Division (Chukjeong Division chief Cho Deok-joon). Whenever a conference or event is held, he participates in every meeting and serves as a link to lead each organization. He is not just a public official in Jeju Island, sharing affection by mixing Jeju dialect with horse industry officials and connecting necessary parts of each organization, but playing his role as a working-level official together, showing the appearance of an "exemplary public official."
Friday, June 26 2026 - 05:52 AM
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At the 14th Horse Racing Industry Advancement Forum, which was last held on the 20th, CEO Kang Yong-sik explained the launch and completion through a progress report, while Jeon Sung-won, head of the KRA Business Management Department, presented the theme "Policing Direction of the Sovereign Industry Integrated Supervision Committee," and Kim Dae-yu, a horse racing reporter, presented the theme "Korea Horse Racing seen by a horse racing expert." The Horse Racing Industry Advancement Forum held a preparatory meeting in April 2010 led by Kang Yong-sik, who was the president of the Seoul Horse Racing Association at the time, and began its activities in May 2010 and has been striving to find developmental alternatives to national awareness calls and horse racing advancement through various discussions across the horse racing industry for four years until this year.
Friday, June 26 2026 - 05:50 AM
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I hope you achieve everything you wish, and I wish everyone in the horse industry a busy and exciting year, especially as the sound of horse hooves shaking the earth and earth vibrates again.Looking back, the past year has been a very difficult and difficult one. The image of the horse industry, including horseback riding, has been greatly undermined, the number of visitors to the horse racing field has decreased, and the number of people visiting the horse racing field has been severely criticized. It is said that risks and opportunities coexist in crises.
Friday, June 26 2026 - 05:49 AM
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Governor Woo Geun-min met with former King Mizan at Hanwha Resort Jeju in Jeju City on the 16th, when the Jeju Open endurance riding competition was held and a symposium was held. Recalling former King Mizan's visit to Malaysia, Governor Woo Geun-min said, "Jeju has been well known to Malaysia due to investment agreements between airline A and group B, and there are nearly 70,000 tourists." He also expressed his expectation for the Jeju Open endurance horse race, saying, "I hope horseback riding will contribute to the revitalization of Jeju tourism." Above all, regarding the Jeju Open endurance horse race, Governor Woo Geun-min introduced the fact that Haya Bint al-Hussein, president of the International Horse Racing Federation, sent a congratulatory message to Park Geun Hye's president, saying, "The government also asked me to send a thank-you message to Haya as the big competition is held in Jeju."
Friday, June 26 2026 - 05:46 AM
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As for the successful French case to be benchmarked, the government led the way in controlling the industry to provide various support and publicity, and quickly established an industrial foundation. In the process, we systematized children's education to increase future demand for consumption, resulting in very satisfactory results. Now, France has gradually shifted to policy management that encourages its own development as the growth of such invested industries has been effective to some extent, and the activities of the organizations in each industry are playing a role in stabilizing and leading the activities of the organizations in each industry.
Friday, June 26 2026 - 05:44 AM
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The horse industry is steadily growing in developed countries. It is changing from an industrial structure that was concentrated in the horse racing industry in the past to a leisure sport centered on youth and family through horseback riding. This is an industrial activity that helps livestock farmers generate income, and a movement that conveys health to the public. Therefore, I am confident that it will ultimately establish an important position in the Korean livestock industry in the future. To that end, we need to develop a system and build a control tower that will foster experts and streamline management, and the main goal is to revitalize future consumer youth horseback riding that will increase demand.
Friday, June 26 2026 - 05:39 AM
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Perhaps that's why there were heated candlelight vigils and major changes in the country. Unfortunately, horseback riding, among other things in the Korean horse industry, was at the center of the news and delivered bad images of horseback riding every day. An incident caused tremendous damage to the entire horse industry, which forced many people, including myself, who ran the actual horse racing course, to overcome very difficult times. The first comprehensive plan for the horse industry came as an unforeseen moment for the Korean horse industry, which was growing rapidly, but in some ways, I think it provided an opportunity to publicize the unfamiliar area of horseback riding to the public.
Friday, June 26 2026 - 05:36 AM
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Only then will the demand for the production of horseback riding be activated and will it lead to the generation of profits for members of professional horseback riding producers. If the Producers Association is activated, the development and production of excellent Korean-style passenger horses will be carried out naturally, and the livestock farming policy originally intended by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs will be successful. Finally, I wish the Korean horse-related business organizations and workers a hopeful and blessed New Year, and I will end the New Year's greeting.
Friday, June 26 2026 - 05:33 AM
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Food and Rural Affairs at the Korea Horse Producers Association is that if the first horse industry plan was quantitative growth, I hope the second horse industry plan will develop in the direction of qualitative growth. Seven years have passed since the world's only horse industry promotion law was enacted and implemented, but the most important agricultural law revision in the horseback riding sector has not been made. In order to install rural horse riding facilities, existing farmland must be converted into sports land, but excessive farmland conversion charges are a big burden. To improve the reality that many rural horse riding facilities are currently operating without permission and without permission,
Friday, June 26 2026 - 05:30 AM
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We have been collecting public opinion regarding the announcement of the park-type over-the-counter sales office of the Korea Racing Authority since the business plan of private investment companies was received on November 25th," and added, "We have sent an official letter requesting consultation on the situation and KRA's policy after the deadline for accepting the public offering on November 29th." Mayor Lee also explained in his response, "If KRA's park-type over-the-counter sales office is attracted and operated within the Suanbo Special Tourist Zone, tax revenue is estimated to reach 2.5 billion won per year with collection grants and financial reserves," and added, "We will do our best in the process of consultation between North Chungcheong Province and Chungju City so that a large amount of leisure tax attributed to North Chungcheong Province is reinvested in the Suanbo area, the location of the park-type over-the-counter sales office, for a certain period of time."
Friday, June 26 2026 - 05:30 AM
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Lee Joon-young, weekly of the Horse Industry Journal, said, "I honestly wish that the KRA had a deeper understanding of the functions and roles of the horse culture complex leisure center in Chungju, which is expected to be equipped with space such as a park-type outdoor sales center, a horseback riding experience center, a rehabilitation horse racing course, and a multi-purpose rally facility, before discussing the pros and cons of the horse culture complex leisure center in Chungju, which was proposed to be equipped with space, and as a horse racing implementer, it is regrettable that the KRA has recently been designated as an institution dedicated to fostering the horse industry and as an institution to cultivate professional manpower related to the horse industry, which has become more responsible."
Friday, June 26 2026 - 05:27 AM
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In particular, it was a year that caused even more damage to the operators of horse racing courses across the country in difficult conditions due to some kind of incidents, such as Choi Soon-sil's manipulation of state affairs, which made the public aware of the bad image of the horse racing sector, and Jeong Yu-ra's horse riding privileges. In addition, it was a disappointing and regrettable year for professional horse racing producers and horse breeding farmers.Historically, the year of martial arts is a year when eventful events are completed and combined. It is called the Year of the Golden Dog!! It is a auspicious year because it is the year when soil meets and soil with large amounts of alcohol like Mount Musan.
Friday, June 26 2026 - 05:26 AM
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In addition, in order to promote the distribution of high-quality and ethical livestock products, we will expand the certification of welfare farms to implement an animal welfare certification system that consumers trust and animals are happy, and consider the establishment of a special judicial police to strengthen animal protection functions and revitalize the animal registration system. We will do our best to implement One Welfare with the welfare of animals and people by strengthening cooperation with related organizations such as local governments. I hope that the new year of martial arts will be a year to achieve your dream.
Friday, June 26 2026 - 05:24 AM
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We will also actively support the development of stem cell treatments, which is one of the new growth engines, by securing expertise in the field of plant quarantine, such as strengthening the development of foreign plant pest diagnosis technology and prediction and control technology, and expanding overseas pest research and safety laboratory facilities, and developing technology to respond in the future. In addition, we will become a leading animal and plant hygiene research institute in the world by expanding the operation of international standard laboratories, expanding international joint research, and strengthening international cooperation.
Friday, June 26 2026 - 05:21 AM
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Management Certification Institute through the revision of related laws and emergency inspections of HACCP-certified farms to improve the overall business process so that safe livestock products can be distributed by canceling certification when harmful substances such as pesticides are detected.We will push for early exports of items that have been suspended due to the outbreak of domestic diseases, support stable and continuous quarantine of items that are being exported such as samgyetang, reorganize the system for systematic management and support of export agricultural products from the production stage to the export stage,
Friday, June 26 2026 - 05:18 AM
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To prevent the recurrence of foot-and-mouth disease, we will try to achieve the goal of purifying foot-and-mouth disease by maintaining the positive rate of lean antibodies at more than 70% and establishing a field-oriented regular quarantine system. In addition, we will strengthen the foundation for plant quarantine by making it mandatory to report the detection of pests and diseases, expanding the inspection manpower, establishing a nationwide forecasting network, and establishing a forecast control center to quickly detect high-risk foreign diseases such as foreign red fire ants.
Friday, June 26 2026 - 05:11 AM
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Also, opposition from local governments and farmers' organizations is spreading. In a joint proposal late last month, five city and provincial governors, including Busan, Gyeongnam, Gyeongbuk, Gyeonggi and Jeju, where the racetrack is located, said, "Excessive regulations on the legal enforcement industry will only increase the underground economy, including illegal gambling, and the number of local taxes will decrease, adversely affecting local finances," urging them to review electronic cards and suggest ways to enhance the competitiveness of the legal enforcement industry. Organizations related to agricultural and livestock industries are also raising opposition, saying that the regulations on the horse racing industry by the inspection committee will lead to a reduction in the livestock development fund and welfare projects for farming and fishing villages.
Friday, June 26 2026 - 05:10 AM