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As the first feature of our inaugural special edition, we present the stories of Woo Man soo, Secretary of the Livestock Policy Division at the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, and Han Byung-yoon, Officer, who have been leading the way in on the ground policy development and regulatory easing at the forefront of South Korea’s horse industry policy, continuing to meet the needs and expectations of the public and the field.

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Director of General Affairs and Personnel, and Head of the Busan Gyeongnam Regional Headquarters; and Choi Woo-seop, president of the Korea Racing Media Association, who served as Director of the Referee Office.We met with Bae Geun-seok, president of the Masadong Alumni Association and former vice chairman of the Korea Racing Authority, who took office in January 2016, to hear his reflections on the Korean horse industry and the Korea Racing Authority from the perspective of a senior figure. Chairman Bae Geun-seok said

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In the future, this publication plans to conduct a series of interviews with members of the Masadong Alumni Association while also focusing on the perspectives of senior figures and retired professionals. On that day, Chairman Bae Geun-seok recommended Lee Geon-woo, CEO of Public Labor Law Firm, who served as auditor of the Masadong Alumni Association and as head of the Legal Affairs Team, Director of Management, and Director of the Equestrian Training Center at the Korea Racing Authority

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Major countries around the world, excluding the communist bloc, hold horse racing; however, very few directly regulate it or set purchase price caps. Although it is a form of gambling, the problem must be addressed through legal authorities. Otherwise, it could flow into the underground economy or illegal gambling.For the horse industry to develop, the horse racing industry must develop first. Even looking at other countries, the horse racing industry cannot develop through control or regulation.

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Since I took office, we have changed the culture to hold the general assembly in the Korea Racing Authority auditorium and have meals in the company cafeteria to save costs and also get a glimpse of my former workplace.Other alumni associations usually have a hall. Retirees gather there to eat and play long term Go, using it as a place for bonding, and I hope our Masadong Alumni Association will have a space like this. We are collecting special contributions from members to build a community center.

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Covers all professionals, including judicial rulings, adjudication, veterinary, livestock, ordering, and equestrian instructors. With this level of talent, they would have the expertise to run a racetrack abroad. We also receive proposals from abroad from time to time, so we need to find ways to utilize retired professionals. Members also do a great deal of volunteer work in therapeutic horseback riding.I became the chairman for the first time as a former vice chairman. We restructured due to lack of substantial support and resulting management difficulties,

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Although it was not a full country, I think the juniors have worked very hard and feel proud that by passing through Part 3 and becoming a Part 2 country, the status of Korean horse racing has been elevated.What’s unfortunate is that the horse racing industry has little connection to general society and few related industries, so if you become an expert here and then quit, there is nothing left to do. I see it as a major problem. I hope the horse industry itself becomes firmly established.

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Korea Disabled Equestrian Federation, and as the first director of the Equestrian Healing Center, I have worked to raise awareness of the social and public interest aspects of therapeutic riding. I also promoted a nationwide horse riding campaign, encouraged executives to ride, and tracked the status of riding facilities across the country to spread the equestrian boom throughout the nation. I hope the policy continues to be inherited and developed, but it is regrettable that its form has since changed.

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The Korea Racing Authority should run a horse-based therapy program for people with disabilities at the Equestrian Healing Center. It is unfortunate that there are limits to how much rehabilitation horseback riding can be promoted. Also, in my view, it is appropriate to introduce health insurance for therapeutic horseback riding. Physical therapy is covered, so it doesn't make sense that therapeutic riding is not covered by health insurance. While preparing my master's thesis,

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It is a great honor for me to have joined as a high school graduate employee, attended both university and graduate school, and even served as vice president. I served as the director of the Healing Center for three years and eight months, and since January 2016, I have been active as president of the Massage Alumni Association, having spent about 40 years in the horse industry.We are married, and our children are grown; I work as a professor and an accountant abroad.To me,

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Since then, social contribution projects for the local community have progressed positively.I believe that over the past decade, efforts have focused solely on controlling horse racing, which has hindered the development of the horse racing and equine industries and the contribution to government national tax revenue. I believe that the horse racing and equine industries can develop only by lifting regulations to create an environment where anyone can enjoy sports comfortably, and only then can the Korea Racing Authority’s founding purpose be fulfilled.

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On June 9, we met Bae Geun seok, 62, president of the Korea Racing Authority’s Masadong Alumni Association, who has devoted himself to the horse industry and now wants to share that well with his juniors and those around him, at the association’s office. I joined the Korea Racing Authority in 1979 when it was known as Ttukseom Racecourse. I moved to Gwacheon around the time of the 1988 Olympics, and entering the Gwacheon era became a turning point for the Korea Racing Authority, leading to a significant increase in sales and groundbreaking development.

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Proud Citizen Awardfrom the Seoul Metropolitan Government in recognition of his contributions to community development.In 2009,he successfully led the launch of the country’s first horse quarantine council and established a horse registry, making significant contributions to the establishment of a registration system not only for racehorses but also for riding horses and breeding horses.After retiring, he leveraged his professional expertise to serve as director

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He held key positions such as Director of Customer Support, Director of Planning and Coordination, Director of Management Innovation, Director of Audit, and Director of General Affairs and Personnel, and demonstrated outstanding management capabilities through roles including Head of the End-2009 Industry Division and Head of the Horse Racing Business Division, leading to an internal promotion to Vice Chairman and later Acting Chairman.While serving as branch manager of Yeongdeungpo in 2000,

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With the advent of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, a wide range of keywords such as artificial intelligence and big data are emerging, and we expect new value to be created and developed. The horse industry has long been a sector where data is of great importance. With new information and communication technologies integrating to form a pillar of the intelligent information society, we have no doubt that will stand at the center of this role.Mal Industry Journal has served as a watchdog,

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CEO Kim Moon-young has been especially dedicated to the horse industry and the horse racing industry. I believe that if a few more people like CEO Kim Moon-young emerge, the Korean language industry can progress through constructive criticism and advice.I hope readers will join in by supporting the areas where specialized media in the horse industry excels, so that it can continue to develop. I hope the Korea Racing Authority appoints experts as members of various committees so that they can provide input on the direction of industry development.

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Secretary-General Kim, who dreams of a "better tomorrow with horses," is expressing his ambition that the Let's Run Foundation will play a big role in expanding practical social contribution projects to provide practical help to the socially vulnerable, rather than donations based on various tangible and intangible assets of the Korean Horse Association while faithfully keeping the purpose of the Let's Run Foundation, which marks its second anniversary, and also meets with Secretary-General Kim Hak-shin, who dreams of a "better tomorrow with horses." The Let's Run Foundation, a representative social contribution foundation of the Korean Horse Association, celebrated its second anniversary on March 18.

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Shim Ho-geun and Lee Yong-joon were promoted to deputy directors and deputy directors, respectively. Shim Ho-geun, who is also a reporter in charge of entering the Korea Racing Authority, is in charge of strengthening content in the horse racing industry, while Lee Yong-joon is in charge of the overall horse racing industry, including horseback riding and related industries, focusing more on communication with the field and finding articles. Recruitment and promotion of journalists for Racing Media is a step in line with the expansion of its business ahead of the online news partnership between Naver and Kakao, following the signing of an agreement with KBSN in February on horse industry broadcast planning. Racing Media, the only professional total media organization in the Korean horse industry, comprehensively deals with the Korean horse industry, including the internationalization of the horse racing industry and the popularization of the horse racing industry.

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The Let's Run Foundation is a social contribution foundation established to create a society that fulfills social responsibilities as a public company and lives together by raising funds from donations from the Korean Horse Association and donations from executives and employees. It was established on March 18, 2014. Previously, the Korean Horse Association carried out various donations and social return activities in the social contribution team, but the establishment was promoted due to the need for a more active and professional foundation. The purpose of the foundation is to contribute to revitalizing society as a whole, promoting people's welfare, and enhancing the status of the horse industry by supporting job creation projects, talent development projects, cultural prosperity projects, welfare promotion projects for the vulnerable, and horse industry image improvement projects.

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The existence of the Let's Run Foundation itself is possible because of customers of horse racing. I thought that horse racing customers should come to the forefront in all fields. The Let's Run Foundation also wants to make it clear that the donation agent is the horse racing customer. Korean horse racing has undergone tremendous changes in a short period of time in terms of culture, and is still changing to a positive aspect. As the customer level has been upgraded, it is now necessary to inform horse racing customers as the subject who provides financial resources for social contribution projects, not gamblers. Since the Korean Horse Association, which is the parent company, is a public enterprise, the Let's Run Foundation's policy is set by the national government and the mission of the Korean Horse Association. However, the first horse racing in Korea was born to raise funds to encourage horse racing, and participants participated in horse racing to donate.

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The Let's Run Foundation, which celebrated its second anniversary on March 18, recruited Kim Hak-shin, former head of the Seoul Regional Headquarters, as the general secretary through a public offering at the end of February. Kim Hak-shin, a 59-year-old native of Suncheon, Jeollanam-do, graduated from the Department of Public Administration at Seoul City University and joined the Korean Horse Association in 1986. Since then, he has served as the head of major departments of the Korean Horse Association, including the head of the public relations team, the head of the horse racing cooperation team, the head of the Jeju business department, the head of the planning and coordination team, the head of the Busan and Gyeongnam regional headquarters, and the head of the Seoul regional headquarters, and retired at the retirement age in February this year. Secretary-General Kim was evaluated as an administrative expert with excellent practical experience and administrative ability when he was in office.

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The existence of the Let's Run Foundation itself is possible because of customers of horse racing. I thought that horse racing customers should come to the forefront in all fields. The Let's Run Foundation also wants to make it clear that the donation agent is the horse racing customer. Korean horse racing has undergone tremendous changes in a short period of time in terms of culture, and is still changing to a positive aspect. As the customer level has been upgraded, it is now necessary to inform horse racing customers as the subject who provides financial resources for social contribution projects, not gamblers. Since the Korean Horse Association, which is the parent company, is a public enterprise, the Let's Run Foundation's policy is set by the national government and the mission of the Korean Horse Association. However, the first horse racing in Korea was born to raise funds to encourage horse racing, and participants participated in horse racing to donate.

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The Let's Run Foundation, which celebrated its second anniversary on March 18, recruited Kim Hak-shin, former head of the Seoul Regional Headquarters, as the general secretary through a public offering at the end of February. Kim Hak-shin, a 59-year-old native of Suncheon, Jeollanam-do, graduated from the Department of Public Administration at Seoul City University and joined the Korean Horse Association in 1986. Since then, he has served as the head of major departments of the Korean Horse Association, including the head of the public relations team, the head of the horse racing cooperation team, the head of the Jeju business department, the head of the planning and coordination team, the head of the Busan and Gyeongnam regional headquarters, and the head of the Seoul regional headquarters, and retired at the retirement age in February this year. Secretary-General Kim was evaluated as an administrative expert with excellent practical experience and administrative ability when he was in office.

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It is intended to revive the spirit that participation in horse racing betting is for donations. When categorizing the types of social contribution projects, there are three stages: one stage where donations are limited, two stages where volunteering is made along with donations, and three stages: donation and volunteer participation and social value creation. Our Let's Run Foundation is currently in the process of transitioning to the third stage. Based on the Korean Horse Association and related organizations, the Let's Run Foundation will continue its active social contribution program using horses and through talent donation by horse officials. A "better tomorrow with horses" is never a dream. The Let's Run Foundation thinks that a world where words make all people happy is tomorrow. Personally, I think I am extremely lucky to have the opportunity to work as the secretary-general.

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The Let's Run Foundation is a social contribution foundation established to create a society that fulfills social responsibilities as a public company and lives together by raising funds from donations from the Korean Horse Association and donations from executives and employees. It was established on March 18, 2014. Previously, the Korean Horse Association carried out various donations and social return activities in the social contribution team, but the establishment was promoted due to the need for a more active and professional foundation. The purpose of the foundation is to contribute to revitalizing society as a whole, promoting people's welfare, and enhancing the status of the horse industry by supporting job creation projects, talent development projects, cultural prosperity projects, welfare promotion projects for the vulnerable, and horse industry image improvement projects.