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Above all, regarding the Jeju Open endurance horse race, Governor Woo Geun-min introduced the fact that Haya Bint al-Hussein, president of the International Horse Racing Federation, sent a congratulatory message to President Park Geun Hye and said, "The government also replied to President Haya by telling him to send a thank you message as a big competition will be held in Jeju." Governor Woo Geun-min also said, "If the horse racing competition is known to the broadcast and the media, it will become closer to the public and help revitalize tourism." The "Horse Racing Industry Advancement Forum" (CEO Kang Yong-sik), which has designed the future of Korean horse racing and presented a new paradigm for horse racing, ended its activities with the last of the 14th forum.
Wednesday, July 22 2026 - 01:03 AM
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In addition, opposition from local governments and farmers' organizations is spreading. Five city and provincial governors, including Busan, Gyeongnam, Gyeongbuk, Gyeonggi and Jeju, where the racetrack is located, said in a joint proposal late last month, "Excessive regulations on the legal gambling industry will only increase the underground economy, including illegal gambling, and will adversely affect local finances due to a decrease in local tax revenues," urging them to review electronic cards and suggest ways to enhance the competitiveness of the legal gambling industry. Agricultural and livestock-related groups are also raising opposition, saying that the regulations on the horse racing industry by the audit committee will lead to a reduction in the livestock development fund and welfare projects for farming and fishing villages.
Wednesday, July 22 2026 - 12:55 AM
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An official from the Ministry of Economy and Finance said, "I understand that the Audit Committee is considering introducing an electronic card system in the lottery," and added, "It is pointed out that installing and managing electronic card identification devices at lottery stores across the country is not economical, so we ordered a research service to analyze the effect of introducing electronic cards."As the government moves to introduce electronic cards to the lottery, the legal enforcement industry is protesting against the government's push for regulations on the legal enforcement industry, saying that even though the audit committee has continued to impose strong regulations on the legal enforcement industry, it will have the adverse effect of driving users of the legal enforcement industry to illegal gambling.
Wednesday, July 22 2026 - 12:47 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.
Tuesday, July 21 2026 - 11:21 AM
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Last year, they wore struggle vests and held rallies on the opening day of the season. Since then, members of the Korean Racing Authority chanted slogans such as "withdrawal of horse racing innovation," "guarantee of job security," and "guarantee of survival rights" in front of the main gate of the society on snowstorms. I want to stop shouting such slogans. It was not just last year's event. Kim Nak-soon, the 號 of the Korea Racing Authority, set sail. We hope that the Korean Racing Authority will clean up all the irregularities with the previous administration and create a developing Korean Racing
Tuesday, July 21 2026 - 11:13 AM
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Unfortunately, the death of two horse racing managers in Pukyong led to public opinion that the job insecurity, excessive competition systems, and poor working conditions of horse racing workers should be improved. In the process, the managers in Seoul drove them to the dichotomy logic that they worked less and took more salaries because employment was stable and competitiveness was low. 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 horse racing that Seoul is high cost,
Tuesday, July 21 2026 - 11:06 AM
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In particular, I hope that the government, horse racing society and local governments can create a cooperative system to improve domestic racing horse capabilities to advance the horse racing industry. And I hope that the government and the National Assembly will join forces to seek the integration of the Horse Association Act and the Horse Industry Promotion Act from a new perspective, considering the reality that laws and budgets are still not fully supported. Through this, we need to remove obstacles that are holding back the development of the horse industry and wisely contain areas that conflict with other laws.
Tuesday, July 21 2026 - 11:04 AM
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Currently, horseback riding is in an endless fog, and horse racing is overcast with dark clouds. The media and broadcast reports of bad events related to the horse industry played a part in this. It is time to think a lot about how to overcome this crisis in the horse industry. Horse racing is a youth horse racing, and horse racing is putting a lot of effort into finding a way out as an international race, but compared to that effort, the effect is not that great yet. However, I think there will be consequences if you keep trying.
Tuesday, July 21 2026 - 10:56 AM
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Unlike the usual rigid atmosphere, the atmosphere of the inauguration ceremony was due to the expectation that he was the first horse leader appointed by the Moon Jae In government, and there were applause during the inauguration speech or loud answers to Chairman Kim Nak-soon's questions.Chairman Kim Nak-soon, who seemed to have recognized the situation in which his inauguration speech had no choice but to be "dignified," shook hands and talked with all employees in front of the lobby of the main building after the inauguration ceremony.
Tuesday, July 21 2026 - 10:51 AM
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On the other hand, he said, "We will fully repay the employees who work hard, are creative, respond faithfully to the call of the state, and contribute to the public's interests on behalf of the state. When I meet your expectations, please support and support me generously." He also said, "The chairman protects the institution and organization, and the members of the organization trust and protect the chairman. That is what promises the prosperity of the community as a Korean horseracing society." Finally, Chairman Kim Nak-soon said,
Tuesday, July 21 2026 - 10:46 AM
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Assembly on June 15, 1988, he said, "I personally experienced the value of labor, the authority of workers, and communication and win-win between labor and management are important factors for corporate development, and I have established myself as my philosophy on labor-management relations."He also said, "I will not tolerate any resistance or pressure on this path," as if he understood the mistake, which led to complaints against Chairman Ma and submission to the outside world, including the National Assembly and the media.
Tuesday, July 21 2026 - 10:40 AM
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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.
Tuesday, July 21 2026 - 10:34 AM
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Most welcome news was that he stressed that he would "make sure that all possible areas of work are carried out in a transparent manner," recognizing that "the Korean Horse Association is neither an intelligence agency nor an institution that requires special security." He also said that this is the "shortcut to restoring trust to the public." Analysts say that the remarks were made with the problem of deteriorating the image of the Korean horse racing society and the horse industry, which was triggered by former chairmen cutting off or avoiding some media at the "advice" of some followers.
Tuesday, July 21 2026 - 10:29 AM
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Prior to restoring public trust, he said that the first priority was to create an organizational culture that trusted each other, and that he promised to do so because the most important value in practicing this is fairness in personnel management as the head of the Korean Racing Authority. Chairman Kim Nak-soon said, "We will protect the trust of the organization through fair personnel management and we will deploy personnel in the right place according to our capabilities," and stressed, "Fair personnel management will be the trademark of that Kim Nak-soon.
Tuesday, July 21 2026 - 10:22 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 creation, 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.
Tuesday, July 21 2026 - 10:19 AM
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Emphasizing that the only way to apologize and ask for forgiveness is to be reborn, he said he wants to make the day of his inauguration be remembered as "the starting date of a new history that promises and declares to the people that it is a place to be reborn as a horse society of the people." Above all, he emphasized that he would love and trust the Korean horse society organization indefinitely, and said, "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.
Tuesday, July 21 2026 - 10:14 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.
Tuesday, July 21 2026 - 10:04 AM
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Although the goal of integrated racing and entering Part II of Korean racing has been achieved, there is still insufficient support for the improvement of racehorses and the stable establishment of the production base, so I am concerned that the racehorses production industry, which is the basis of horse racing, will become an unstable house of thought.Looking at the unprecedented situation, such as the postponement of the CSAT due to last year's Pohang earthquake, the horse industry has not had a strong production base and is designed to withstand the thought that it could collapse in a moment.
Tuesday, July 21 2026 - 09:58 AM
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We look back on Korea's horse industry policy once again, and we hope that the completion of Part II and the era of natural Part I will come with the production of domestic horses that surpasses foreign horses thanks to the establishment of policies and investment that can develop co-prosperity. We sincerely thank the horse racing fans who always give us a lot of love for domestic horse racing, and we will do our best to produce faster and stronger horse racing horses through improvements such as replacing excellent seed horses thanks to your interest and support.
Tuesday, July 21 2026 - 09:56 AM
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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. In order to improve the reality that many rural horse riding facilities are currently operating without permission and without permission, it must be resolved during the second horse industry plan.
Tuesday, July 21 2026 - 09:51 AM
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Moreover, without the announcement of the "Second Five-Year Comprehensive Plan for Promotion of the Horse Industry" by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, in September 2017, the Korean Horse Industry Promotion Headquarters announced that it had divided the period into three stages every five years by 2030 to grow horse industry-related projects with the aim of creating 200,000 horse-riding populations and set a budget of 3 billion won.The announcement of the Korea Racing Authority seems to be similar to the government's
Tuesday, July 21 2026 - 09:36 AM
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Jeong Yu-ra, has been given preferential treatment for horse riding, causing the illegal admission to Ewha Womans University. However, the Horse Industry Promotion Act was enacted by the government in 2011 as an alternative to increasing income in rural areas 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"
Tuesday, July 21 2026 - 09:32 AM
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North Korea's successive nuclear tests and missile launches led to not only domestic but also 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, which is the central plan of the Korean horse industry, is to be established every five years under the Horse Industry Promotion Act,
Tuesday, July 21 2026 - 09:26 AM
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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 so that people who wisely overcome the crisis will show interest and affection for the horse industry,
Tuesday, July 21 2026 - 09:23 AM
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In addition, Yongsan-gu formed a delegation of district councilors, residents' representatives, and officials from Yongsan-gu, led by the head of the resident life support bureau, and visited the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and KRA on the 23rd to deliver the proposal and signature list.Yongsan-gu is currently making administrative efforts to prevent the relocation of the new Yongsan branch, saying that the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries' guidelines on the approval procedures and requirements for the opening of the over-the-counter branch do not fit the fundamental purpose of the comprehensive plan for the development of the gambling industry.
Tuesday, July 21 2026 - 09:22 AM