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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 - 01:09 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 - 01:02 AM
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Seoul Racecourse has improved the working conditions that senior managers and senior workers have been in poor condition over the past 100 years. It's not that I'm not going to work or doing less, but that I'm going to work while keeping the laws, regulations, and systems. It means that the employment of horse racing workers, the right to survive, and safety from industrial accidents should be premised, and the Pukyong Racing Authority should also come within the boundaries. Anyway, another year has begun. This year, I hope the monster of "horse racing innovation" will be quiet. Innovation created by the horse racing society unilaterally should be completely blanked,
Thursday, June 25 2026 - 11:22 AM
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Representative Kim Chul-min said, "We will continue to carefully take care of the matters pointed out by the national audit to lead to system improvement and legislation," and expressed his acceptance speech, saying, "We will consider this award as an encouragement to do better in the future and focus on parliamentary activities that only look at the people." Kim Chul-min, a member of the Agriculture, Food, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Committee, was selected as the "2017 Outstanding Member of the National Audit Committee" of the Democratic Party of Korea. Representative Kim said,
Thursday, June 25 2026 - 11:20 AM
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The second task can be concentrated on coping with the standardization of the horse racing industry. Chairman Kim Nak-soon, who said that generating profits through horse racing is difficult for the future even considering global trends, mentioned the crisis of closing the over-the-counter sales office. "As a top professional CEO of the horse industry, I am well aware that there are some voices of concern and concern," said Chairman Kim Nak-soon, who revealed his career as a professional manager and a scholar who lectured and researched on culture and arts at a university and said, "The CEO realized that the first virtue is the ability to present the right direction and solve problems.
Thursday, June 25 2026 - 11:09 AM
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He also said that generating profits through horse racing is not an end, but a means. Instead of maximizing profit generation, publicity and shareability should now be prioritized, and "our community will strive to become a healthy institution that expects the highest productivity in its best condition." In particular, since the establishment of infrastructure to revitalize horse racing is also an important value, he said, "We believe that not only horse racing but also the horse racing industry needs to grow together to complete the development of the horse industry in a true sense."Prior to restoring public trust, he said that the first priority was to create an organizational culture that trusted each other,
Thursday, June 25 2026 - 11:07 AM
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We can be loved enough depending on how we do it."The two tasks of the Korean Horse Association, which Chairman Kim Nak-soon revealed, were the restoration of public trust and the handling of difficulties in the declining of the horse racing industry. It is a very difficult challenge to return the frozen heart to a warm gaze, but he stressed that he will surely achieve the restoration of public trust by adding the outstanding abilities, passion and beliefs of the executives and employees of the Korean Horse Association and Chairman Kim Nak-soon. He emphasized that the best path and the goal of the Korean Horse Association is to return to an institution that is faithful to the purpose of its establishment,
Thursday, June 25 2026 - 11:02 AM
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Chairman Kim Nak-soon was first called as the 36th chairman of the Korea Racing Authority and said it was a personal honor. As with most inaugurations, he mentioned the weather and said, "The cold start is not so much the public's view of the current Korean Racing Authority as the weather," adding, "I am truly afraid of the public's strict order to be reborn with a great sense of responsibility." Although he was branded as the head of a state-run company subject to public distrust, criticism, and deep-rooted evils, he said he would not hold people accountable for any reason. The problem was not that of the entire Korean Racing Authority, but that of the managers who claimed to be puppets and some of their followers who used it as tools of their standing.
Thursday, June 25 2026 - 10:51 AM
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Of course, it is judged that the time to recover will take a great effort and time as the image is too bad to be successful through noise marketing. 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.
Thursday, June 25 2026 - 10:45 AM
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Ministry of Agriculture, 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 farmland law revision in the 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.
Thursday, June 25 2026 - 10:43 AM
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Nevertheless, the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs announced in September 2017 that the government has been losing trust in the government and disappointing farmers and horse industry workers to delay the establishment of the second five-year comprehensive plan to foster the horse industry, which is stipulated by the law, without providing clear reasons for policy changes. In the absence of the announcement of the second five-year comprehensive plan to foster the horse industry by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, the Korean Horse Association's Horse Industry Promotion Headquarters announced in September 2017
Thursday, June 25 2026 - 10:38 AM
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However, the Horse Industry Promotion Act was enacted in 2011 by the government as an alternative to increasing rural income at the expense of the agricultural sector to strengthen the export competitiveness of the manufacturing industry. It is part of the government's long-term agricultural policy, not a temporary one.The government's "First Five-Year Comprehensive Plan for the Promotion of the Horse Industry" from 2012 to 2016 has already expanded the base of the horse industry in the agricultural sector, and as of 2016, the base of the industry has been formed, including 2,278 horse industry businesses,
Thursday, June 25 2026 - 10:34 AM
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Last year, Choi Soon-sil's manipulation of state affairs, the impeachment of former President Park Geun Hye, and the election of President Moon Jae In led to a major crisis that will remain in our constitutional history. In addition, North Korea's successive nuclear tests and the launch of missiles such as ICBMs led to international security crises, including the U.S. and Japan, and economic crises caused by China's retaliation against THAAD, and it was a series of national challenges that could not be relieved internally and externally. Perhaps because of such domestic and international circumstances, the comprehensive plan to foster the horse industry,
Thursday, June 25 2026 - 10:28 AM
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At the end of 2011, the Industrial Promotion Act was implemented, and the second five-year plan will be announced soon. I think it will be a timely prescription for the horse industry in a difficult situation. Horses start walking and running as soon as they are born, but people do not realize their accurate motor functions until well over 10 years have passed. If you compare the horse industry development method to a person, you will be just 8 years old when you enter elementary school next year. I think the current difficulty is a growing pain for the horse industry to grow and develop further. I hope that the rehabilitation horse industry will develop
Thursday, June 25 2026 - 10:13 AM
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Rehabilitation horseback riding is a beautiful activity that people and horses create together. Founded in 1969, an American rehabilitation horse riding association has 881 centers that specialize in rehabilitation horse riding and 4,800 rehabilitation horse leaders provide rehabilitation horse riding programs to 66,000 participants. This is possible because there are 62,000 volunteers, thousands of donors, and 7,800 rehabilitation horse riding horses. The centers are established and operated by donations, and many volunteers participate directly and indirectly from feeding to running the centers.
Thursday, June 25 2026 - 10:11 AM
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Other researchers in Korea are also applying rehabilitation riding programs to various disabilities such as ADHD, Internet game use disorder, and intellectual disability and presenting positive research results. Based on these achievements, the Korea Rehabilitation Horseback Association was established in 2013, and on December 22, 2017, the Korea Rehabilitation Horseback-riding Association received approval from the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs to establish a corporation.The Korea Rehabilitation Horse Racing Association will encompass related organizations, including related academic and educational organizations,
Thursday, June 25 2026 - 10:07 AM
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This is because the thorny path of the horse industry, which began when a horse was at the center of last year's historical event, seems to have continued this year. It is very sad to think about disabled children who sit on horses and smile happily on them that I met at the scene of rehabilitation riding. Korea's rehabilitation horse began as a social and public interest project at Samsung Electronics Hiking Troupe in 2001. I participated in the operation of the rehabilitation horse riding program with a light heart that allows children with brain lesions to have a different experience as an event, but the rehabilitation effect for children with disabilities was more than expected.
Thursday, June 25 2026 - 10:05 AM
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Fortunately, the "Measures to Improve the Employment Structure of Horse Management" signed last year by the participation of the two major labor unions, the Korea Racing Authority, the Euljiro Committee, and the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs decided to hold a working-level meeting of the horse racing committee and a joint workshop for horse racing to discuss issues related to horse racing and practical affairs. It is hoped that communication between the horse racing society and horse racing-related organizations will be facilitated and the voices of the field will be properly reflected in the system.
Thursday, June 25 2026 - 09:36 AM
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Kim Nak-soon set sail for the horseracing community. I hope that the Korean horseracing community will be able to clean up all the irregularities with the previous administration and create a system that develops together with all horse racing officials. Until now, the horseracing community has only followed internationalization and advancement, so the system came first rather than people. In the meantime, many people had to leave the racetrack on their own or due to industrial accidents or diseases. There was no way to improve the system. Competition was the priority. Whether voluntarily or not, racing, where people are dying, should stop.
Thursday, June 25 2026 - 09:24 AM
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Seoul Racecourse has improved the working conditions that senior managers and senior workers have been in poor condition over the past 100 years. It's not that I'm not going to work or doing less, but that I'm going to work while keeping the laws, regulations, and systems. It means that the employment of horse racing workers, the right to survive, and safety from industrial accidents should be premised, and the Pukyong Racing Authority should also come within the boundaries. Anyway, another year has begun. This year, I hope the monster of "horse racing innovation" will be quiet. Innovation created by the horse racing society unilaterally should be completely blanked,
Thursday, June 25 2026 - 09:18 AM
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Unfortunately, public opinion was formed and discussions were held that the employment insecurity, excessive competition systems, and poor working conditions of horse racing workers triggered by the death of two horse racing managers in Pukyong, should be improved. In the process, the managers of Seoul were driven by the dichotomy logic that because employment is stable and competitiveness is low, they work less and take more salaries. The history of Seoul and Pukyong is different, and the working experience and average age of horse racing workers are not discussed at all, and the media reported the logic of the horse racing society that Seoul is high cost,
Thursday, June 25 2026 - 09:15 AM
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In order to popularize horseback riding sports and expand the base of the sport, we planned and held events large and small every year, and approached citizens with various cultural festivals to enjoy and share. The Korea Federation of Horse Industry, in cooperation with the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs and the Korean Horse Association, which are the central axis of the horse industry policy, always strives to make the government's horse industry policy a hope for the people. Korea is the first nation in the world to achieve economic and political miracles in 70 years. Do you know that Genghis Khan was originally a descendant of the Korean people? Recently, a record was found that Genghis Khan was the 19th generation son of Daeya-bal, the younger brother of Balhae Daejo-young. The Korean people are a nation that proudly commanded the Manchurian fields and defeated the entire world beyond East Asia to China, Central Asia, Russia, and Europe
Thursday, June 25 2026 - 09:14 AM
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Efforts to revive the horse industry, which has yet to materialize the second five-year plan for industrial development, are more important than ever. In May 2015, the company held the inaugural general meeting of the Horse Industry National Forum, a private cooperation organization that encompasses all walks of life, saying that the industry should develop into the 6th industry in a balanced way along with the horse racing industry. However, as this has drifted amid the indifference of related organizations, I hope that the inauguration of the new horse society will be an opportunity to open a new horizon for the horse industry.
Thursday, June 25 2026 - 09:08 AM
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Those who are especially involved in the horse industry have greater expectations for the new year than anyone else, so why don't they hope that a miracle year will unfold beyond the frustration and despair of 2017? Looking back on the past year, I am deeply grateful to everyone who worked and worked in various fields with the responsibility to protect the horse industry and the education field rather than the expectations and hopes for the development of our horse industry, and I hope that the painful memories of last year will be passed over to the old year and that the new year of 2018 will begin as a blessed day with a strong hoof sound.
Thursday, June 25 2026 - 09:06 AM
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Horseback riding facilities managers! A new beginning is always full of hope. The newly launched Korea Horse Racing Authority plans to do its best to solve the livestock industry, the application of electricity for farming in horse racing courses, and horse racing insurance problems as soon as possible. I believe that our ability can be doubled when we practice with earnestness. We will become a Korean Horse Racing Authority that contributes to the development of the horse industry by combining your will and joining forces to solve difficult problems. It is an infinite honor to celebrate the 2018 Year of the Golden Dog in Martial Arts. I wish all the horsemen happy for the year of the Golden Dog, a year full of hope, and I sincerely hope that they will move toward their bigger dreams and achieve everything they wish.
Thursday, June 25 2026 - 09:04 AM