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At the symposium held to commemorate the launch of the KRA Horse Industry Research Institute, KRA Chairman Jang Tae-pyeong thanked the presenters, debaters and participants in a greeting, saying, "The Korean horse industry is facing a difficult phase due to changes in conditions and environment, including the recent economic situation at home and abroad, and at the same time, we are facing an opportunity to take a new leap forward with the implementation of the Horse Industry Promotion Act and the government's five-year comprehensive plan to foster the horse industry," adding, "I hope today's symposium will serve as a venue to promote the development of the Korean horse industry." He also said, "We hope that the KRA Horse Industry Research Institute will be able to achieve its purpose and purpose well, fulfill its original function and role as a specialized research institute, set up its research direction properly, and faithfully carry out the urgent tasks."
Wednesday, April 01 2026 - 08:29 AM
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Although there were ups and downs, I am grateful to the delegates who trusted me and elected me. I think they acknowledged that I worked hard for student horseback riding for two years last year, so I should do my best. The current problem facing the horseback riding industry is the restoration of the image of horse riding, which has been tarnished due to suspicion of favoritism in horse riding. In this regard, the Student Horses Association believes that the youth should work harder to revive the crisis as an opportunity. Since I am a person who runs a business, I am trying to introduce a 'management mind' to the operation of the Student Horses Association. It is a kind of hide-and-seek concept.
Wednesday, April 01 2026 - 08:28 AM
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Chairman Choi Byung-wook, who was elected in a by-election held due to the resignation of his former chairman and began to take the helm of the student horse riding, is a former equestrian athlete and has been regarded as the right person to be the head of the student horse riding industry, including former student horse riding association executives, face-to-face association executives, and outside directors of the Korea Horse Association, and has been working to develop student horseback riding based on his field experience while serving as the president of the student horse riding association for the past two years. He met with Choi Byung-wook, president of the student horse riding association, who is also the CEO of iMotors Co.
Wednesday, April 01 2026 - 08:24 AM
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At the symposium held to commemorate the launch of the KRA Horse Industry Research Institute, KRA Chairman Jang Tae-pyeong thanked the presenters, debaters and participants in a greeting, saying, "The Korean horse industry is facing a difficult phase due to changes in conditions and environment, including the recent economic situation at home and abroad, and at the same time, we are facing an opportunity to take a new leap forward with the implementation of the Horse Industry Promotion Act and the government's five-year comprehensive plan to foster the horse industry," adding, "I hope today's symposium will serve as a venue to promote the development of the Korean horse industry." He also said, "We hope that the KRA Horse Industry Research Institute will be able to achieve its purpose and purpose well, fulfill its original function and role as a specialized research institute, set up its research direction properly, and faithfully carry out the urgent tasks."
Wednesday, April 01 2026 - 08:24 AM
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In addition, the domestic horse industry is still in its infancy, so it is urgent to establish a global infrastructure. Although the horse racing industry has led the domestic horse industry, it is necessary to develop content on the mental and cultural sectors related to horses such as tourism and horseback riding. This is because it is important to set the direction so that it can become a leading industry not only in Korea but also in the world. It is also necessary to make continuous efforts, such as sharing awareness of the importance of the horse industry and revising the law. Developing a new industry requires great attention from officials. In addition, if each of the actors leading the horse industry makes all-out efforts and sacrifices, it will surely be able to develop. Horses who launched today have worked in marginalized and difficult environments, but we will take care of and support them warmly.
Wednesday, April 01 2026 - 08:20 AM
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Short-sighted administration makes it more difficult for the site, and if there is no support, resentment becomes a boomerang and only burdens each other. A mid- to long-term, fundamental system is needed. The first step in revitalization is possible only when the policy frame of the horseback riding industry, which is centered on hardware, is centered around software. It is time for the head of the equestrian industry to come out and do a project to create a T/F team and contain content. We need to put an umbrella over it for the development of the equestrian industry. In fact, the "Korean style" has yet to be its identity. Advanced cases should be benchmarked as well. While the field first learns global trends and follows them in person,
Wednesday, April 01 2026 - 08:20 AM
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Process is important in the field, but we only value the results. I want to continue the process, the results, and the mixed software and hardware work together. My son, who studied in the UK for 10 years, has changed his job and is now cleaning up his horse. Last year, he also completed the 40 and 80 kilometer endurance competition. He is set to participate in the CSI 1st Star Competition in Malaysia on March 4 for the first time as an individual. While the association and the horseradish society need to nurture and support athletes, Korea is not even able to host international competitions because it does not have a venue for competitions such as obstacles and endurance.
Wednesday, April 01 2026 - 08:18 AM
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Jeju Horse Racing Park, which won the 19th Horse Industry Awards Youth Equestrian Team, not only won its first Australian International Youth Endurance Competition in a month since its foundation last year, but also won the overall title in the national competition and three superintendents' competitions in Jeju Island. It seems that it happened to be a comet riding on the boom of youth horseback riding, but it is the result of thorough preparation and constant efforts by athletes, parents, and the Jeju Horse Racing Park. "Why" and "How was all this possible?" I visited Jeju Horse Racing Park on February 15 and interviewed CEO Seo on pending issues in the horse riding industry.
Wednesday, April 01 2026 - 08:14 AM
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I hope that the horse industry journal will develop well and be reborn as an established journal. As a media specializing in the horse industry, I hope you will set a direction for the proper development of the horse industry. The government hopes that the horse industry will present a big way to go rather than immediate budget allocation. Then, ordinary business operators will follow it for profit, and as they follow, a situation where the horse industry will grow can be created. Lee Kwang-seop, CEO of Mirinae Horse Racing Club, said that when we teach our children how to ride horses, we feel that the genes of the horse race are alive.
Wednesday, April 01 2026 - 08:11 AM
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You have to save this. You can't save the old road as it is, but you can modernize Yeokcham and use it as a horse-riding leisure center. Here, rural horse-riding grounds can create cooperatives, and the government can support this place and build a massage. Of course, since the road connecting Yeokcham and Yeokcham is their own rice bowl, they must clean up and manage the horse poop themselves. The horseback riding course in rural areas that produce horses should be centered on simple experiences, and leisure should go to the horseback riding leisure trekking course. It can be a place that blends well with the horseback riding industry and rural areas, as well as rest areas and accommodation facilities where you can relax at the station,
Wednesday, April 01 2026 - 08:07 AM
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Some of the funds spent by the Korean Horse Racing Association for the development of horseback riding are provided to each city and provincial office of education so that principals and teachers can learn horseback riding on horseback and think that it will be effective for children.Last year, our horseback riding course also held a grassroots horse riding competition with the support of the Korean Horse Racing Association, and it is necessary to continuously expand support for horse riding in each region. It is to develop into a local festival through local horse riding competitions. Children who participate in the horse riding competition will show off their skills and even parents and grandmothers will attend to see their children,
Wednesday, April 01 2026 - 08:03 AM
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It is necessary to promote rehabilitation horses that are difficult to access and to expand the base of horseback riding, which was considered only a sport of the upper class, so that children can grow up with dreams. Taking the lead in social contribution that gives hope to children through horses and chickens, I believe that I have a vision in the food service industry. Let's take an example. Rehabilitation horseback riding, which has recently been in the spotlight, is an essential sector not only for popularizing horseback riding but also for the health of children with disabilities. However, if individuals do it independently, it will be difficult in many ways. I think there is a high possibility that a specific association or organization can participate in the event and benchmark a company's business know-how. The Korean Hoofed Engineers Association launched today is in the same vein. It is said to be difficult yet, but there is definitely hope for the domestic horse industry.
Wednesday, April 01 2026 - 08:00 AM
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Equestrianism will not be as easy as that. The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry and the Korean Horse Racing Association should lead the way and present research data on character education and physical development. We need to prove and inform that children get really better when they ride horses. The best target will be the first grade of middle school or the sixth grade of elementary school. An MOU is signed with a local education office, and students in the area should ride horses for at least two hours a week for a year. There are statistics on educational indicators for each education office, and we should strive for publicity through materials such as how much our body grows when we ride horses for a year and how much school violence decreases.
Wednesday, April 01 2026 - 07:57 AM
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Distracted candy applications are not enough. It never means that they will survive by drinking water from front-line horse racers. The government should present a vision, and in front-line horse racers, businesses should be devised and tried to fill it. If you order our children to ride horses, the genes of the horseback riding people are alive. They are clearly different from the Japanese children. I saw Japanese children riding horses at a Japanese crane horseback riding site, but they were definitely different. Looking at this, I think the mural of the Goguryeo Dance Gun is not false but true. If the horse industry is nurtured well, it will become a huge industry. It is expected that there will be
Wednesday, April 01 2026 - 07:55 AM
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However, there are trials and errors and difficulties because the guidelines have not been established for sure. If you use a comparison to building a highway, in order to build a huge highway, you must draw a big picture, from where to where to put the road, and how many lanes to put it, and design and cultivate each section within that framework to complete the highway. Even though it is said as 'horse industry', there is no big frame on how to go and how to get there. Businessmen refer to reality today and invest and wait for the future if they have a vision and desire for the future, even if reality is difficult and difficult today. On the other hand, no matter how good the reality is today,
Wednesday, April 01 2026 - 07:49 AM
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A person who won the "May 16th National Award for his contribution to the creation of a Korean franchise system, implementing consumer satisfaction management, and fulfilling the company's social responsibilities such as African relief activities. It is Yoon Hong-geun, chairman of Genesis BBQ. In fact, Chairman Yoon Hong-geun was the first Korean CEO to express his interest in the horse industry on May 5 when he led a rehabilitation horse riding demonstration and family invitation meeting for children with disabilities with the Korean Federation of Horse Industry in the front yard of Genesis headquarters in Munjeong-dong, Songpa-gu. In addition to the unique event of meeting chickens and horses, he is also paying attention to the horse meat business and social contribution through rehabilitation horseback riding while serving as the president of the Korea Food Service Industry Association and honorary chairman of the Korean Federation of Horse Industry.
Wednesday, April 01 2026 - 07:41 AM
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A person who won the "May 16th National Award for his contribution to the creation of a Korean franchise system, implementing consumer satisfaction management, and fulfilling the company's social responsibilities such as African relief activities. It is Yoon Hong-geun, chairman of Genesis BBQ. In fact, Chairman Yoon Hong-geun was the first Korean CEO to express his interest in the horse industry on May 5 when he led a rehabilitation horse riding demonstration and family invitation meeting for children with disabilities with the Korean Federation of Horse Industry in the front yard of Genesis headquarters in Munjeong-dong, Songpa-gu. In addition to the unique event of meeting chickens and horses, he is also paying attention to the horse meat business and social contribution through rehabilitation horseback riding while serving as the president of the Korea Food Service Industry Association and honorary chairman of the Korean Federation of Horse Industry.
Wednesday, April 01 2026 - 07:37 AM
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For the new leap of Let's Run Park Busan and Gyeongnam, we will develop Let's Run Park into a local representative tourist attraction by maximizing the various advantages of leisure, culture and tourism centered on horses as well as implementing world-class horse racing." Chung Hyung-seok (55), former head of the process division, was appointed as the head of the Jeju regional division by the transfer of Choi Won-il. Chung, the new head of the Jeju regional division, is from Sokcho, Gangwon Province, graduated from Yonsei University Graduate School of Public Administration (Master) and joined the Korean Horse Racing Association in 1986 to serve as the head of the Jeju Race Team, the Jeju Race Project Director,
Wednesday, April 01 2026 - 07:37 AM
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Since graduating from Daejeon High School and Korea University's sociology department and joining the Korean Horse Association through open recruitment in April 1989, he has served as the marketing team leader in 2004, the head of public relations in 2011, and the head of the audit team in 2015. In particular, when the Industrial Promotion Act passed the National Assembly at the end of 2011, he has successfully promoted various public relations marketing such as brand planning to promote the horse industry as a future growth engine for farming and fishing villages. In 2016, before the inauguration of the Busan-Gyeongnam Headquarters of Let's Run Park,
Wednesday, April 01 2026 - 07:32 AM
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Meanwhile, Choi Won-il, the head of the headquarters, said on the 10th that he would leave the Jeju regional headquarters at a ceremony to pray for non-collusion accidents held in Let's Run Farm Jeju. Choi Won-il, the head of the headquarters, said, "I am very sorry and sorry to leave the production farms and Jeju-related organizations behind. It is a short time together for seven months, but I cherish it. I wish for the endless development of the Jeju region." Choi Won-il, the 11th head of the Busan-Gyeongnam Regional Headquarters, officially took office on the 23rd and began his work. Choi Won-il, the head of the headquarters, said, "My big responsibility is to be autonomous, considerate of each other,
Wednesday, April 01 2026 - 07:18 AM
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Choi Won-il, the new head of Busan and South Gyeongsang Province of the Korea Racing Authority, graduated from Daejeon High School and Korea University's sociology department and joined the Korea Racing Authority through open recruitment in April 1989. Since joining the company, he has held important posts such as the marketing team leader in 2004, the head of the public relations office in 2011, and the head of the audit office in 2015, and right before taking office, he has shown his unique leadership as the head of the Jeju Regional Headquarters, by growing the racehorse ranch and the horse racing park into a representative tourist destination in the region.In particular,
Wednesday, April 01 2026 - 07:13 AM
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Kim Nam-sung, and Kim Eo-soo, as well as executives and employees of the Busan-Gyeongnam Regional Headquarters of the Korea Racing Authority, welcomed the inauguration of the new headquarters. The inauguration ceremony was held in the order of introduction of the new headquarters' biography, inauguration speech, and commemorative photography. Choi Won-il, the new head of the headquarters, said in his inauguration speech, "I feel excited and a great sense of responsibility to come to Let's Run Park Busan-Gyeongnam, which boasts excellent performances, such as producing a carnival for the Dubai World Cup in January this year, and it is you who have created Let's Run Park Busan-Gyeongnam,
Wednesday, April 01 2026 - 07:07 AM
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We didn't think about our equestrian event and the equestrian event. What they said at the press conference was not all our equestrian event but as victims. They were not integrating the opinions of all equestrian event. 80 percent said the same thing. One person, Choi Soon-sil, threw the horse racing world into chaos. How good is it for us to demand an apology from the president from the equestrian event. And I fully understand the news conference about the fact that they suffered damage due to Choi Soon-sil. Isn't it unfair from their point of view that executive director Park Won-oh came down and said something while the referee was watching? Yes. Recently, there was a chairman's boat riding competition in Sangju, and the general meeting of the players' association was held.
Wednesday, April 01 2026 - 07:06 AM
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If the money had been executed normally, it would have been difficult to skip. If I had signed a contract with Core Sports, I would have faced the same situation as Samsung. "Since it's Jeong Yu-yeon (Choi Soon-sil gate burst now), it is a problem. She is also a member of the national team, but if she says she wants to ride a horse at the Gwangju Horseshoe for a month, that is the problem. Does it make sense if Park Tae-hwan says no to train at the Gwangju Municipal Swimming Pool while working out in Seoul? That is something the media should talk about. That is not a problem. I don't think it is a problem that the national athlete came and promised to work out.When Yoo Yeon-i came and did it, he didn't provide feed, he brought in people who worked, and he brought in coach Shin00.
Wednesday, April 01 2026 - 07:03 AM
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Not only horse riding but also all horse industries after preferential treatment for horseback riding in Jeong Yu-ra. Under these circumstances, the horse industry must work together. Rather than putting forward only their own interests, each association should put their heads together and think deeply about how to develop the industry rather than how to harmonize and overcome the current difficult situation. Of course, horse society sales are on the decline right now, and although the view of the horse industry is not good, a breakthrough will be found if we put our heads together and move toward development. Kwon Seung-joo, president of the Korean Horse Association, compared it to the process of building a building to foster the horse industry.
Wednesday, April 01 2026 - 07:02 AM