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Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs Minister Lee Dong-pil held a meeting with a group of journalists on the 29th and made his final remarks. On the 16th, the Blue House reshuffled three ministries and appointed Kim Jae-soo, president of the Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs Corporation, as the Minister. 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.
Friday, March 27 2026 - 10:57 AM
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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." Kwak Han-moo, CEO of Taesan Horseback Riding Town, said, "As the horseback riding support project is for the entire people,
Friday, March 27 2026 - 10:53 AM
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However, aren't provinces of Korea? I think we should allocate at least 1/n of the total. I personally visited the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs and asked the government to provide support to provincial areas including North Chungcheong Province, saying, "The horseback riding support project is for the entire population, not for a specific region." I am a reasonable person. I don't use forcefully or forcefully. If it's not right, they don't do it, and if it's right, they do it, but I'm grateful that they listened carefully to me. I think it is necessary to expand support for horseback riding across the country, not limited to some regions, to create a boom in horseback riding. There will be an absolutely large number of horseback riding populations in Seoul and Gyeonggi Province,
Friday, March 27 2026 - 10:50 AM
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Only then can the horse industry develop and go beyond to advanced countries. It is not only in the horse industry but also in all fields. Efforts to communicate are also needed. Even though they cannot represent the opinions of all the members, limited people are arguing among themselves. When you decide on an issue or have an issue, you should gather representatives of each region and listen to them. Even if the opinion is not adopted, isn't it reasonable to try to hear it? The horseback riding support project is for the whole people. I know it has been four to five years since the horseback riding support project was established. Until now, it was a project that local people could not easily encounter. Since Seoul and Gyeonggi areas have a large number of horseback riding populations,
Friday, March 27 2026 - 10:48 AM
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Still, I endured well without playing tricks. A true wife-in-law among the instructors married our son and became a daughter-in-law. Since the family ran the horse-riding course together, the horse-riding business has been more stable since then. Today is not the only day for horseback riding. Even if we lose money right now, we need to operate the horse-riding course based on the standard of the rider, thinking that tomorrow will be a plus. That's why development is slow. As I said earlier, it is most important to keep the principle and principle. If you talk about it with your own mind, you have no power in the words. Unless the other person is a fool, you can tell if he or she is interested.
Friday, March 27 2026 - 10:45 AM
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Let's not talk about horses, I am a person who started without knowing the winner of horse riding. I have been in the livestock industry for a long time and made my first son lean meat. Then, an FTA was concluded with the United States. Now, I thought I could not even do a meat-eating business. I asked my son, who was in a meat-eating business, if he wanted to run a horse-riding business. The son also said he would try to see if he thought the horse-riding business had a vision rather than a meat-eating business. Then, he asked me to get a horse-riding instructor's license. That's how after my son obtained his horse-riding instructor's license, I started the horse-riding business in earnest in 2007.
Friday, March 27 2026 - 10:41 AM
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He also said that in order to foster the horse industry as a leisure industry, the government's regulatory improvement should be accompanied, and he expressed his opinion that restrictions on establishment should be eased, taking the example of an over-the-counter sales office, which has recently been opposed by local residents. Chairman Hyun explained, "In the case of off-site sales offices, the gambling industry supervisory committee limits the number to 32 or less due to the total amount system," adding, "From the perspective of the horse racing society, over-the-counter sales offices, which account for 70% of sales, are important, but since they are tied to numbers, we tried to operate them as large as possible in the city center,
Friday, March 27 2026 - 10:39 AM
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Measuring 127.2 meters wide and 13.6 meters long, it is about 10 meters longer than the screen of Dubai's 110-meter-wide racetrack. Vision 127 is a big attraction in itself. The world's first and only role-playing horse theme park, which has been ambitiously prepared by the Korea Racing Authority and its chairman, Wis Myung-kwan, will open in September. Let's Run Park Seoul will become a family outing space as much as existing famous theme parks when Winnie World, which will have 10 villages, 44 experience spaces, and various food and beverage facilities, opens in Let's Run Park Seoul Family Park, the chairman of the Korea Racing Authority and Sajikwan expects.
Friday, March 27 2026 - 10:25 AM
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Chairman Hyun said that over the past three years, the Korea Racing Authority has launched a new brand called Let's Run Park instead of the Racecourse and has strengthened communication with customers by transforming the existing over-the-counter sales office into a cultural empathy center where various cultures coexist. In addition, the racetrack has been transformed into a fun space where families and couples can come and enjoy it from a simple betting space by opening a "surprise lounge" with various experience facilities and convenience facilities in the viewing area of Let's Run Park Seoul and holding events and cultural events throughout the year. At the same time, he emphasized that internal innovation is also being successfully promoted,
Friday, March 27 2026 - 10:18 AM
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The head of the Korea Racing Authority, Si Jung-kwan, revealed his core business contents in the second half of the year, expressed his ambition to make the Korean Racing Authority a national leisure company through image innovation, and emphasized that he will make September the day when the Korean Racing Authority begins its new leap forward. Chairman Hyun held a press conference at Let's Run Park Seoul on the morning of August 31 to announce key business contents in the second half of the year. At the meeting, Chairman Hyun said, "Companies that are not loved by the people, regardless of whether they are in the East or the West, do not have sustainability," and explained, "In the midst of this crisis,
Friday, March 27 2026 - 10:12 AM
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Rather, the vote became a weapon for me. It means that 70% of the fans are on their back to broadcast. Of course. I was too nervous. I studied a lot because I wanted to minimize it as much as possible rather than make no mistake. Who will step up, who will go the second or third time, and Nook will try to draw. In fact, when the first relay race began, the development unfolded as expected, and we proceeded as prepared with confidence. Suddenly, the horse that was leading disappeared from the screen while leaning outward around the four corners. According to the script I prepared, this word literally had to remain in the lead to the finish line and win. I was so embarrassed that I kept shouting that the horse was leading,
Friday, March 27 2026 - 10:03 AM
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Oh, I want to try this," I wiggled. I think I've been practicing hard since then. There are not many cases in other countries, so it was really a battle with myself. It was easy to read because I had seen something while working for a long time. However, it was really difficult to describe and explain the situation with a non-stop and quick mind. So I practiced continuously explaining the surrounding situation even when I was sitting still.Driving was the best practice timing. Things on the road are actually no different from racing. "AXTE is entering from the first lane to the second lane, and TX is trying to pull in from the outside." I aimed to get used to it completely so that I wouldn't panic or make a mistake in any emergency while practicing continuing to speak.
Friday, March 27 2026 - 09:52 AM
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At that time, there were only announcers on the broadcasting team, and there were no producers, writers, or even editors. When I was in a hurry, I took pictures with a camera, and I even edited, directed, and composed it myself. I ran around with the camera director and literally made broadcasts from one to ten, and it was so fun that I don't think I would change to another. Even now, the palpitations and passion of that time remain the same. Even I had never thought about a woman broadcasting horse racing. In the horse racing room, a few horse racing fans jokingly posted, "Why don't a woman broadcast it?" and at the time, team leader Kim Yong-chul found it. Team leader Kim Yong-chul is the one who created the birthplace of horse racing broadcasting contents with us.
Friday, March 27 2026 - 09:36 AM
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I want you to know about the achievements of Kim Man-il, the tribute horse god who devoted himself to the country even though horses were rare. Since last year, we have held a festival at Uigwi-ri Ranch, where Kim Man-il, the tribute horse god, was born, and have been making efforts to promote it, but many people don't seem to know it. I ask for a lot of attention and publicity. We must overcome the crisis well with a love of horses. There are also many youth horse riding and horseback riding clubs in Korea, which should attract interest in sports that can be enjoyed at all times regardless of the season, and Jeju Island should provide an environment where you can enjoy the nature of Jeju Island, such as Oreum and Field. For example, it is necessary to create and thoroughly plan a lot of horse riding paths that can go between villages and villages by horseback. In addition, I would like to open a horse museum where you can learn the history of Jeju, so that you can collect and display many artifacts.
Friday, March 27 2026 - 09:23 AM
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On the one hand, I hope that there are many faces in Jeju Island, but instead of trying to take care of the profits, I will have the pride to promote Jeju horses by emphasizing that they run better than racehorses in Seoul or Pukyong. The story of Kim Man-il, the delivery and life of EBS horses, the reason why the lost Jeju horses of KBS2 informants returned to the paddock, MBC horse-related festivals, Jeju horses history and culture, as well as horse-related films, and I have interpreted horse paintings in genuine luxury products. Among them, the most memorable broadcast is Jeju Broadcasting's "The Future of Jeju Horse." He is a proud figure of Jeju Island, who dedicated more than 1,300 words to the country when it was in the most difficult situation due to the Imjin War.
Friday, March 27 2026 - 09:21 AM
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Every day is hard. The rider has to fight with himself every day and wake up every morning. The hardest thing is that I can't live my daily life like everyone else because I go to work at dawn. In my case, I get ready to sleep from 9 p.m. I lie down and watch the news at 9 p.m. and fall asleep at 10. If you don't sleep at this time, it will interfere with early morning training. If it's not a day off, I never drink alcohol even if I want to. It's dangerous when you train early in the morning, so you have to control yourself. The hardest thing is that you have to control yourself for your job. There were a lot of words that were in sync. I don't remember just one particular horse, and everything is the same for me. During the assistant class, I thought I was the first place because I had such a good chemistry, but there were cases where other riders couldn't win because there were horses that worked well with them.
Friday, March 27 2026 - 09:17 AM
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The process of getting to know one person through the medium of broadcasting made me learn and realize a lot. In addition, I remember the series that was held under the title of on-site tour. I always feel it while working here, but fans seem to be full of misunderstanding and distrust as they watch horse racing with money. At that time, it was so severe that I desperately wanted to show them the live scene. I hoped that the beads, will, passion, and hardships of the officials I capture could clear up the fans' misunderstandings even a little. It was a 15-minute broadcast made with horses and characters as the main characters, and I think it was a time when I was able to run around a lot and grow up meeting many people.
Friday, March 27 2026 - 09:08 AM
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However, finishing even one out of 10 means that I have definitely improved a bit compared to staying there without challenges, and that's what gives me energy. It's a problem because people around me are having a hard time. When I joined the company, there were no professional horse racing broadcasting programs. At lunchtime, I sent out Family Entertainment and Animal Kingdom. After a meeting to create our own horse racing program, I tried to plan the broadcast for the first time, and the first broadcast I produced was a 15-minute documentary. It's the first work I'll never forget. Jockey Park Tae-jong,
Friday, March 27 2026 - 09:04 AM
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There are cases where I neglect early morning training just because I am a senior, but that was not the case for me at all. Now others are telling me well that my strength is that I do not miss early morning training. There is nothing special about early morning training. He trains from 5 a.m. to 9 a.m. You need to know what you are saying and continue your training while keeping pace. In training, not only running, but also warming up your body and doing it together from the beginning to the end. In 2015, I was seriously injured. I was in a fall accident while playing, and I fractured my toe, pelvis, and waist bone. Fortunately, I was discharged from the hospital after wearing a cast without major surgery. I took a month off and went to the racetrack again without any bones sticking together. Until now, there have been many injuries that have been cracked in my bones, but there have been no major surgeries other than surgery due to broken ligaments in my fingers.
Friday, March 27 2026 - 08:59 AM
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When I came out to society, I saw an announcement that the Korean Racing Authority would hire a female announcer. It is true that at that time, I only knew vaguely about horse racing, but had no idea about the reality. The thought of having to find a job anywhere led me to take a test, and that's how my relationship with the horse began. There weren't many female employees in the Racing Authority, but the Martha's Area would have died. There were no female riders at the time, and it was literally a golden girl's area. One day, it was a hot summer day, and I visited the Martha's Area in a broadcast car for coverage. When I got off in front of the horse shower in front of the polling station, the managers were taking a very comfortable shower.
Friday, March 27 2026 - 08:57 AM
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Hallama is currently being raised a lot by farmers and is being raised a lot due to the opening of endurance horse riding competitions. Various studies and uses should be sought so that it is suitable for use in horse riding near the land and is suitable for Jeju's climate by designating seed horses to accumulate ancestry or crossbreeding seed horses to Jeju horses. These days, there is a tendency to prefer only big horses, but I think Hallama is suitable for young people. Hallama is also gentle and high in size if it is tamed well from an early age. I think it is competitive as a passenger horse because it is easy to raise Hallama, while it has to have wide grasslands and thorough specification management. In addition, it is necessary to produce disease-free horse meat that has been fed fresh grass in Jeju Island's clean areas to produce a distinctive finishing horse unique to Jeju Island.
Friday, March 27 2026 - 08:56 AM
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In addition to horse racing officials who are building brilliant achievements from the outside, women are silently walking their own paths throughout our horse industry and are solid pillars. They are living not as women but as "female soldiers" who take advantage of the characteristics of being "women." There are still a few, but what they have done cannot be ignored. Now that "female hatred," "female credentials," and "male and female equality" have emerged as hot potatoes, if you look into their lives in the barren place, you may find a clue to the solution. The first person to meet in this special issue is Kim Soo-jin, the leader who brought horse racing to the public.
Friday, March 27 2026 - 08:54 AM
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Following the suicide of a female flag bearer in Pukyong, the case of sexual harassment by a female manager appeared to be dark clouded over the height of the passport. However, Lee Shin-young, who overcame such unfavorable factors to become the first female assistant teacher, Kim Hye-sun, the first female jockey to surpass 100 wins, and Lee Geum-ju, who proudly won an invitation race for female overseas riders, are starting to break down prejudice little by little. They are proving with their bodies that they are not exposed to horses due to environmental issues and can show enough competitiveness.
Friday, March 27 2026 - 08:51 AM
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It's a mystery to us that women think about doing horse work," said Baramool Stud's female manager, who was interviewed by this newspaper at the time. "Strong and not strong, it's not the difference between women and men, it's just the difference in personal ability." "Women in Australia are strong and have a mental strength that is second to men," he said. "I've been with horses since I was very young, and I started ranchers in earnest when I was a teenager, but I've never had much trouble." Finally, he stressed, "The important thing is my mindset of how well I know horses and how to treat them sincerely." In fact, there were a lot of teenage girls among ranchers who attended the auction at the time,
Friday, March 27 2026 - 08:47 AM
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They have been active in various fields and have walked the history of mankind for a long time. 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.
Friday, March 27 2026 - 08:44 AM