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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 - 08:13 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 tra
Tuesday, July 21 2026 - 08:08 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 - 08:02 AM
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In order to revitalize economic investment in agricultural and rural food industry sites and improve the corporate environment, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs said it plans to shift positive regulatory methods that exist in individual laws related to major industries to negative regulatory methods or actively promote regulatory improvement to a level comparable to negative regulatory methods. Currently, there are 162 regulatory affairs related to the revitalization of economic investment in the agricultural and food sectors under 38 laws, including the Farmland Act. Of these, 73 (45%) will be applied as negative regulatory methods that allow all regulations other than those prohibited, or similar regulatory improvements will be promoted.
Tuesday, July 21 2026 - 07:59 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 - 07:57 AM
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Kwon Oh-yeol (56), a breed expert who made "Dalgona Watermelon" that does not break easily and "Multiple Park," has been selected as a master of agriculture by the Ministry of Employment and Labor and the Korea Human Resources Development Corporation. He has been working on fostering and researching seeds such as watermelons, peppers and paprika for the past 30 years, and has developed more than 60 new varieties and distributed them to farmers.The greenhouse where temperatures exceed 60 degrees Celsius has been built in midsummer. On April 28, the day of his selection, Kwon was taking care of peppers all day long at a greenhouse in Anseong, Gyeonggi Province despite the heat of more than 30 degrees Celsius.
Tuesday, July 21 2026 - 07:55 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 - 07:53 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 - 07:41 AM
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In addition, the governor of Yongsan is expected to establish himself as a cultural center that can function and serve as a cultural facility, sports, and welfare space for Yongsan residents during weekdays (Monday to Thursday), when horse racing is not conducted. The national horse-riding movement is in full swing. The horse-riding camp is famous for its customer welfare and safety-oriented horse-riding camp, and the results of the satisfaction survey were good. The credibility issue is also pointed out that the satisfaction survey will determine the best horse-riding camp at the end of the year. Those who visit the palace-riding camp as a national horse-riding movement will be given the same treatment and lessons as ordinary members without discrimination. The rise time has also become a reality, and under the active guidance of instructors, high-quality classes are being conducted that prioritize stability.
Tuesday, July 21 2026 - 07:40 AM
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Emphasizing the future, people who are not familiar with the situation blindly invest. Recently, even famous horse racing tracks have been shut down due to financial difficulties, and people should not invest without seeing the gloomy side behind their backs. I am worried about how many side effects will occur in the society in the future. Horses are not all about turning off the lights and turning off the engine like a car. Since it takes human hands to raise a horse, the process costs are very high, and it is not easy to make a profit with ordinary effort. It's time to think about creating real profits. I think the government's will and efforts are great for the horse industry to go right.
Tuesday, July 21 2026 - 07:33 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 - 07:29 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 - 07:25 AM
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In response, the KRA Yongsan Branch relocation promotion committee (Yang Jong-hak, co-chairman Kim Ki-sook, hereinafter referred to as the promotion committee), which supports the relocation of Yongsan branch, argues that politicians have turned some residents' complaints into infringement of their right to learn and distorted and spread only biased contents to residents to induce opposition signatures. It also pointed out that some district officials and district councilors are engrossed in opposition to the opposition of ignoring the local community, swept away by political logic. In fact, residents who oppose the relocation are suspected of hatching and brainstorming at the instigation of certain political forces. In particular, there were suspicions that a lawmaker of a political party, K, received various data from the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs and provided it to the opposition.
Tuesday, July 21 2026 - 07:20 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 - 07:20 AM
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Yongsan-gu is being reprimanded for being consistent with administration biased against political logic, as Yongsan-gu is actively pressuring the new Yongsan branch, which is about a month away from its opening date, by sending a request for relocation outside Seoul and delivering resident signatures to the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs and the KRA Korean Horse Association. Yongsan-gu District (District Mayor Jang Sung-hyun) in Seoul has been conducting a large-scale "100,000 signature campaign to urge the relocation of Yongsan street tickets to the outskirts of Seoul" at 16 community centers since late July, and delivered a "request for the relocation of Yongsan street tickets to the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries and the KRA on the 20th.
Tuesday, July 21 2026 - 07:18 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 - 07:16 AM
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In addition, the governor of Yongsan is expected to establish himself as a cultural center that can function and serve as a cultural facility, sports, and welfare space for Yongsan residents during weekdays (Monday to Thursday), when horse racing is not conducted. The national horse-riding movement is in full swing. The horse-riding camp is famous for its customer welfare and safety-oriented horse-riding camp, and the results of the satisfaction survey were good. The credibility issue is also pointed out that the satisfaction survey will determine the best horse-riding camp at the end of the year. Those who visit the palace-riding camp as a national horse-riding movement will be given the same treatment and lessons as ordinary members without discrimination. The rise time has also become a reality, and under the active guidance of instructors, high-quality classes are being conducted that prioritize stability.
Tuesday, July 21 2026 - 07:14 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 - 07:13 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 - 07:07 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 - 07:03 AM
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Other researchers in Korea are also applying the rehabilitation riding program to various disorders such as ADHD, internet game use disorder, and intellectual disability, and presenting positive research results. Based on these achievements, the Korea Rehabilitation Horse Association was established in 2013, and on December 22, 2017, the Korea Rehabilitation Horse Association received approval from the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs to establish a corporation. The Korea Rehabilitation Horse Racing Association will encompass related organizations,
Tuesday, July 21 2026 - 07:01 AM
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won Oh-yeol's masterpiece "Dalgona Watermelon" came to the world in 1987. Dalgona Watermelon is bigger and more sweet than ordinary watermelons. "Many people suggested playing soccer with watermelon because it is much stronger than ordinary watermelon," Kwon said. "It was popular on farms because it rarely breaks even when running on unpaved roads." As a result, the seed company sold more than 10 billion won (approx. Kwon invented a multi-baked watermelon that has thin skin and can be peeled off in the same year. Now famous for its specialty in Geochang, South Gyeongsang Province, it weighs only 2 kilograms and is only one-fifth of ordinary watermelon, but it is popular overseas due to its soft juices.
Tuesday, July 21 2026 - 06:58 AM
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As a result, many people who participated in horse riding classes bring their families back. The problem seems to be the satisfaction survey method. It is said that it is difficult to give sincere answers because customers can't make long calls during busy hours when they work. It needs to be improved. The outlook for the horse and horse riding industries is too 'future-oriented'. We need to present a future development image that reflects reality and the field, but this is not the case. If we emphasize only the industrial aspect, there will be many people who sacrifice and suffer in the middle. The government's sacrifice and role in practical ways to revitalize the horse industry are important.
Tuesday, July 21 2026 - 06:55 AM
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The new Yongsan branch, whose opening date is about a month away, will be installed and operated as a "complex leisure type in the city" model among the new over-the-counter branch models selected by reflecting opinions from inside and outside the horse racing industry and demands from the environment surrounding the over-the-counter branch. The over-the-counter complex leisure-type branch in the city will drastically improve the image of the existing over-the-counter branch, which is somewhat negative, and above all, will implement a designated seat system on all floors of the viewing area to provide a pleasant atmosphere for horse racing. On the first floor of the ground, the use is limited to spaces such as social contribution-type cafes, and workplaces are provided to young people with disabilities.
Tuesday, July 21 2026 - 06:51 AM
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Korea's rehabilitation horse riding began in 2001 as a social public interest project by Samsung Electronics Hiking Troupe. I participated in the rehabilitation horse riding program with a light heart that allows children with brain lesions to have a different experience as an event, but the rehabilitation effect for children with disabilities was more than expected. Children with brain lesions participating in the rehabilitation horse riding program through the rehabilitation medicine department not only enjoy participating and gaining confidence every hour,
Tuesday, July 21 2026 - 06:36 AM