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To improve the quality of animal drugs, we will provide customer-satisfying administrative services by handling civil complaints fairly and quickly, and strengthen the competitiveness of animal pharmacists' work by enhancing differential quality control through selection and concentration. In addition, 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 review the establishment of a special judicial police to strengthen animal protection functions and revitalize the animal registration system, while strengthening cooperation with related organizations such as local governments to implement One Welfare together with the welfare of animals and people.
Thursday, January 01 2026 - 06:07 AM
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Horse industry officials who are striving to foster the horse industry all over the country! We wish you and your family a blessed year for the horse industry to grow more prosperous on the occasion of the Year of the Golden Pig. Happy New Year! Our respected farmers! The officials and officials of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs! And the people who take care of our agriculture and rural areas! 2019, the new year has come. This year is called the Year of the Golden Pig, which symbolizes abundance and good luck. We wish you and your family full of hope and happiness for the new year.Last year, it was a series of moments that I could not relax for a moment, ranging from the abnormal low temperature in spring to the unprecedented heat wave and drought. I would like to express my gratitude to farmers for their hard work in producing food that will enrich the people's table despite difficulties.
Thursday, January 01 2026 - 06:03 AM
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For high-risk reproductive plants, we will come up with measures to allow imports after lowering the risk of pests in the other country, and we will reevaluate the risk of imported plants by inflow route and item, and we will promote efficient quarantine by strengthening management of items with high risk of pests. In addition, in order to strengthen the safety management of livestock products in the production stage, we will expand the verification of livestock safety management certification standards for farms, slaughterhouses, and milk farms to ensure their internal stability, and further strengthen the management of distribution history for pork in addition to imported beef.In connection with the pesticide egg scandal, which has become a social issue, we will strengthen the management and supervision authority of the Korea Food Safety and Management Certification Institute and emergency inspections of HACCP-certified farms by revising related laws to improve the overall business process
Thursday, January 01 2026 - 06:02 AM
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We will make all-out efforts to prevent the spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza, which is currently occurring intermittently in duck farms, from spreading and to end it early. We will make preemptive and effective quarantine management possible through scientific epidemiological analysis based on information and communication technology such as the Internet of Things (IoT) and big data. To prevent the recurrence of foot-and-mouth disease, we will maintain the positive rate of non-farm antibodies at more than 70% and strive to achieve the goal of cleanliness of foot-and-mouth disease by establishing a site-oriented regular quarantine system. In addition, we will strengthen the foundation for plant quarantine, such as mandatory detection of pests and rapid control of high-risk foreign diseases such as foreign red fire ants,
Thursday, January 01 2026 - 05:57 AM
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The role and duties of the quarantine headquarters are becoming increasingly heavy due to the global spread of national disaster-type livestock infectious diseases and high-risk plant diseases, the continued emergence of new and mutant animal diseases, the increasing demand for on-site problem-solving research, and the increasing public expectations for agricultural and livestock safety. The Agriculture and Livestock Quarantine Headquarters is a national standard quarantine and quarantine agency, and all employees will become one body this year and play their role as watchmen to defend against livestock diseases and plant pests.To this end, the quarantine headquarters intends to focus on setting up four core tasks with the goal of "One-Health, field-oriented, communication cooperation, future response,
Thursday, January 01 2026 - 05:51 AM
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In addition, through active quarantine negotiations with export partners, fresh agricultural products such as pears and tomatoes were exported to South America for the first time, and in April last year, the 12th International Convention on Plant Protection was successfully held in Songdo, Incheon, where 360 national representatives from 120 countries participated.In addition, for the development of the animal medicine industry, various communication channels were set up, including on-site meetings focused on public-private communication, workshops, and regular operation of visiting civil service counseling centers, and the euthanasia rate of abandoned animals was reduced by improving animal protection promotion and animal protection center operation system.
Thursday, January 01 2026 - 05:47 AM
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Since the first outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza in Gochang, North Jeolla Province on November 17, additional outbreaks have caused concern to livestock farmers and the people in Yeongam, South Jeolla Province, and Jeongeup, North Jeolla Province, but with a sense of mission to eradicate it as soon as possible, we have focused on preventing the further spread of the disease and ending it early through precise diagnosis and epidemiological investigations. And as foreign red fire ants were found through preliminary observation at the container yard at Gamman Pier in Busan Port on September 28, we have strengthened quarantine and observation at major ports by mobilizing all available personnel. In addition, we have implemented rapid control work with related ministries to prevent foreign red fire ants from entering and spreading in Korea.
Thursday, January 01 2026 - 05:36 AM
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We will also strengthen the management of non-vegetarian routes by designating and managing items that are feared to be contaminated by pests through risk analysis, and conducting monitoring surveys at ports such as Busan and Incheon for general containers brought in from areas where red fire ants are feared to enter Korea. In addition, we will continue to make efforts to secure the safety of livestock products in the production stage, such as preparing measures to reduce antibiotics according to the results of monitoring antibiotic resistance in the livestock sector and establishing a consultative body for antibiotic resistance experts.
Thursday, January 01 2026 - 05:31 AM
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Last year, we would like to express our gratitude to all the staff at the Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs Quarantine Headquarters for silently fulfilling their duties in their respective positions despite difficult conditions such as foot-and-mouth disease, highly pathogenic avian influenza, and the first discovery of an alien red fire ant. The new year is the Year of the Golden Dog. The dog is an animal that symbolizes bravery and wisdom, and is also a partner that has been with humans for a long time. The quarantine headquarters will also approach the people one step closer, become a partner in empathizing and communicating. Despite a number of difficult conditions last year, the quarantine headquarters produced excellent results based on the expertise and know-how accumulated so far.
Thursday, January 01 2026 - 05:30 AM
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Whether it was difficult or difficult, the year ends like this. Looking back at the year, as always, I think it would have been better if I had made a little concession. I think it comes from my greed and obsession that I am right and that I have to change it in the new year, but it is not fixed again. The Jangje Association, a small group of about 90 people in Korea in 2018, is working together to find a new way by integrating what was divided into two groups into one group and to fulfill the developmental role of the domestic horse industry. I want to do my best to manage the horse's hoof, which is the second life for horses, and to play my role as a Jangje priest with the goal of improving qualitative technology to provide the best service.
Thursday, January 01 2026 - 05:29 AM
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Present the contents of the standardized instruction plan for use in the pilot school. For the operation of the pilot school, it is necessary to develop a standardized instruction plan that the teacher in charge can teach. In addition, standardized instruction plans are also important as they serve as the basis for teachers to confidently educate students. Currently, each horse riding course where the school horse riding experience is conducted has a different instruction plan, and the more the base of horse riding is expanded in the future, the more likely confusion will occur. In addition, the development of standardized instruction plans can be the basis for being incorporated into the national-level curriculum. In order to incorporate horse riding into school sports, it is necessary to operate a pilot school,
Thursday, January 01 2026 - 05:23 AM
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At the same time, we will create jobs based on rural communities and local resources. We will expand social agricultural practice organizations that provide healing and care services, and provide accounting services to various social economy organizations. We will remodel rural restoration facilities such as grain warehouses and provide them as start-up spaces, while fostering rural convergence management organizations that are linked to production, processing, and tourism. We will support young people to take root in agricultural rural areas. After graduation, we will pay a scholarship to foster young entrepreneurship farmers on the condition that they work for farming, and create a Youth Rural Home with a living infrastructure that combines culture, leisure, and childcare. We will encourage local governments and local communities to take more interest in fostering young farmers by evaluating local governments' policies for young farmers and awarding them with excellent cases.
Thursday, January 01 2026 - 05:22 AM
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Dirtbread, used as a racehorse, is a horse destined to run fast. In order to transform horses that have been retired from racing into horseback riding, training methods are needed to change horses from sprint horses to safe horses. Train the center of gravity that is tilted forward from the front to the back. Specific training methods can be learned through training, whether it is rough or rough. Of course, the horse used in professional sports in Japan is the European wormblood. A wormblood is a very different quality and quality of a horse from a racehorse used in daily sports. However, wormblood is difficult to popularize because of its limited number and high price. In order to popularize horseback riding, it is important to have a racehorse for the general public to enjoy and revitalize related competitions.
Thursday, January 01 2026 - 05:15 AM
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From horse production to fostering, training, and horseback riding in one place, there is no other organization like the Korean Horse Association. From horse production to horse racing, the key is to increase the efficiency of the horse industry and make a profit. Compared to Europe and the United States, Korea and Japan have relatively fewer professional horseback riding, but the number of race horses produced is higher. So it is important how to use race horses. And for the horse racing course management, it is necessary to increase efficiency and make profits. The Japanese horse industry was able to outperform Korea because of the good use of efficient race horses for horseback riding. As a representative example, I think the most important thing in our company was to cultivate and train race horses
Thursday, January 01 2026 - 05:12 AM
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Farmers and citizens across the country! In 2019, the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs will carry out the "people-centered agricultural reform" to restore the natural value of life, community and inclusion in agricultural and rural areas, and to develop agriculture into a future industry. I will change the perspective of agricultural government first. Focusing on the public interest value of agriculture, we will consider farmers to be the confident actors who make good food and protect the environment, and we will boldly shift our policy toward investing in people, including young innovative farmers. Accordingly, we will make the creation of jobs in agriculture and rural areas a top priority, maintain the vitality of the rural community, and actively pursue six key tasks to establish a production system that the people can feel safe.
Thursday, January 01 2026 - 04:39 AM
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The second executive branch hopes that the saudles, who are performing outstanding activities in all fields of politics, economy, society and culture, will join forces to carry out more projects for the development of the Munhwa Ilbo by promoting media creation and friendship." In the subsequent second presidential election, Min Byung-doo, a lawmaker of the Democratic Party of Korea, was unanimously elected as the chairman. Min Byung-doo, the second chairman of the Munhwa Ilbo, served as the 17th and 19th members of the National Assembly, and the 20th is an active three-term lawmaker elected in Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul. Min Byung-doo also showed outstanding ability when he was a reporter for the Munhwa Ilbo, but when he entered politics, he carried out the politics of military discipline.
Thursday, January 01 2026 - 04:38 AM
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Horse industry officials who are striving to foster the horse industry all over the country! We wish you and your family a blessed year for the horse industry to grow more prosperous on the occasion of the Year of the Golden Pig. Happy New Year! Our respected farmers! The officials and officials of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs! And the people who take care of our agriculture and rural areas! 2019, the new year has come. This year is called the Year of the Golden Pig, which symbolizes abundance and good luck. We wish you and your family full of hope and happiness for the new year.Last year, it was a series of moments that I could not relax for a moment, ranging from the abnormal low temperature in spring to the unprecedented heat wave and drought. I would like to express my gratitude to farmers for their hard work in producing food that will enrich the people's table despite difficulties.
Thursday, January 01 2026 - 04:37 AM
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However, I personally think that the Jeju horse industry should not collapse. As far as I know, the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry's budget for the horse industry at the end of next year has not been secured at all in Jeju Island. It is a matter of marking the livestock of horse meat sold in Jeju Island. About 1,100 are slaughtered a year, of which about 60% are dirt bread, 30% are Hallama, and 10% are Jeju horses. It is intended to indicate exactly what kind of horse meat it is. I went to the president of the Gyeongju Horse Association and the president of the Jeju Horse Association to ask for the handling of these matters, but there is no answer at all, saying that they would. If the heads of the three organizations gather and go together, we don't know if they don't know it's an important issue.
Thursday, January 01 2026 - 04:34 AM
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Is the current crisis in the horse industry an aftereffect of high growth or a pain from the wrong direction? I don't know what the reason is, but I think everyone is feeling the fact that horse industry sites around the country are complaining of difficulties.There are still bad news, such as a decline in racetrack sales, which are the pillars of the domestic horse industry, horse racing courses that are closing down, people in the horse industry with nowhere to go, negative perceptions of the horse industry, workers in low-payments and difficult environments, emerging companies avoiding the horse industry, companies avoiding support, avoiding horse production, and professional technical jobs that are decreasing jobs.
Thursday, January 01 2026 - 04:32 AM
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Through exchanges with many overseas horseback riding people, we intend to provide an opportunity for Hallama to export overseas. All of these are ultimately directions for the development of the domestic horse industry, and it is also the way for the income of Hallama-producing farmers to increase right now. As you know, some aftereffects from the internal disturbance of the association remain. I think it has been overcome to some extent due to the constant efforts of the members of the association. I think that maybe after this year, everything will return to normal from next year. I think it will be an association that only makes progress in the future. The reality is that horse production farmers have to make profits but they are not. For example, if a shed is built, about 60% of it is supported by the province. However, producers of primary industries often do not have money and cannot even receive that support.
Thursday, January 01 2026 - 04:31 AM
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There may be differences of opinion in holding one competition, and misunderstandings may be missed in the process. The second competition is the result of applying for a contest to select additional targets for horse industry promotion support projects conducted by the Korean Racing Authority in November. It will be held in the same regulations and methods as the first competition. We plan to work harder to promote it for the rest of the year. Next year, as this year, we plan to focus on establishing a lineage and promote it in earnest. Currently, the Jeju Livestock Promotion Agency is preparing a competition for the operator of the horse training base center, and if it attracts it, it is expected that the establishment of the lineage of Hallama will accelerate.
Thursday, January 01 2026 - 04:27 AM
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What is noteworthy in this competition is that the international rules of the International Horse Racing Federation are applied. It is not just an endurance competition held in Korea, but also an international certification by applying international regulations and allowing participants to participate in international competitions in the future. In addition, we are preparing opportunities to participate in endurance competitions held in Korea and will work hard to enhance the international competitiveness of Hallama. This year, the focus was on establishing the lineage of Hallama. In order for Hallama to succeed as a horseback riding, it is necessary to establish a brand first, and a clear lineage must be established first. And the endurance competition was held this spring, and the "2017 Hallama Festa National Endurance Competition" is held twice in the first and second rounds.
Thursday, January 01 2026 - 04:24 AM
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As such, the Hanram Producers Association is taking steps step by step to meet new challenges for Hanram and to develop the domestic horse industry. The problem is the realistic barrier that the 'budget' for promoting the business is not sufficiently secured. Amid the difficult reality, Kang Dong-woo, president of the Hanram Producers Association, who plays the role of captain at the center of Hanram's new challenge, was met at the site of the Hanram Festa National Endurance Competition. This competition was designed to prove Hanram's value as a horseback riding along with the expansion of the base of domestic horseback riding. In addition, it is a competition that serves as a stepping stone for Hanram, a representative Korean horse riding, to go with high quality.
Thursday, January 01 2026 - 04:20 AM
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Through the Innovation Valley Advisory Committee, we will discover promising export items and focus on overseas marketing as well as quality control. We will expand R&D support for future food development and establish the national food cluster as a mecca for the high-tech food industry. Third, we will completely reorganize the direct payment system into a public interest type.Although the rice direct payment system has contributed to stabilizing the management of farmers, it has been pointed out that it has deepened production overruns and lacks the function of stabilizing income for crop farms and small and medium-sized farmers other than rice. We will reorganize the direct payment system in a way that embraces small and medium-sized farmers and strengthens the public interest function of agriculture. We will integrate rice, fields, and unfavorable direct payments with different payment requirements and unit prices into one direct payment system, and pay the same amount regardless of the crop and price.
Thursday, January 01 2026 - 04:16 AM
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At the same time, we will create jobs based on rural communities and local resources. We will expand social agricultural practice organizations that provide healing and care services, and provide accounting services to various social economy organizations. We will remodel rural restoration facilities such as grain warehouses and provide them as start-up spaces, while fostering rural convergence management organizations that are linked to production, processing, and tourism. We will support young people to take root in agricultural rural areas. After graduation, we will pay a scholarship to foster young entrepreneurship farmers on the condition that they work for farming, and create a Youth Rural Home with a living infrastructure that combines culture, leisure, and childcare. We will encourage local governments and local communities to take more interest in fostering young farmers by evaluating local governments' policies for young farmers and awarding them with excellent cases.
Thursday, January 01 2026 - 04:14 AM